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Latin America refers to the region in the Americas where people speaks Latin-derived languages; namely Spanish, French and Portuguese.

Latin is the name of the ancient language spoken by the Roman Empire.

America is the name of the region in the Western Hemisphere discovered since 1492 by Christopher Columbus. The name 'America' is the feminized Latin version of Amerigo Vespucci's first name. Vespucci was a major cartographer and explorer of the Americas.

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