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What term describes the poor nations of Asia Africa and Latin America?
Developing countries.
This region is named Latin America because most of the countries in it?
This region is named Latin America because most of the countries in it have languages derived from Latin, predominantly Spanish and Portuguese. The term was first used in the 19th century to emphasize the cultural and linguistic ties between these countries and the Latin roots of their languages.
What does the term latin America most accurately refer to?
Latin America typically refers to the region of America where Romance languages, like Spanish and Portuguese, are predominantly spoken. This includes countries in Central and South America that have been influenced by Latin culture.
What makes up Latin America?
Latin America, refers to the countries of America that speakromance languages, languages derived from latin. So it includes all countries that speak Portuguese, Spanish and French. Actually even though technically French is a latin language those countries usually are not considered Latin American since they're so different in terms of languare, culture, history, races, economy, etc, that it makes no sence to group them with the rest. That's why the term Iberian American would be the ideal. There are 20countries in Latin America:BrazilUruguayArgentinaChileParaguayBoliviaPeruEcuadorColombiaVenezuelaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaMexicoCubaDominican RepublicPuerto Rico (which is not an independent country)
Where is Latin America?
The term "Latin America" is commonly used to refer to the portion of North America south of the United States, all of South America, and some of the Carribean. More precisely, it refers to those countries in North and South America (including the islands of the Caribbean) where Spanish or Portugese is spoken, and therefore excludes a number of countries such as Jamaica and Surinam. See the Wikipedia entry "Latin America" for a complete list of these countries. Latin America is that part of the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are the main languages. The regions are Mexico, Central America (except Belize), some of the Caribbean Islands, (including Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic) and most of South America (except Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and the Falkland Islands).
Which Latin American countries have spoken Latin?
None. Latin America is the term for the countries in Central/South America whose main languages (Spanish or Portuguese) developed from Latin.
What term describes the poor nations of Asia Africa and Latin America?
Developing countries.
What is the language spoken in Latin America?
the term "Latin America" refers only to the spanish speaking countries of North, South, and Central America. So the answer is Spanish.
What does the phrase Latin America mean?
It refers to Central & South America. It has nothing whatsoever to do with Latin as a language. EDIT by jaysjay. It is not in itself Latin, but it refers to those countries, basically colonised by the Mediterranean region countries which speak the languages described by the term Latin, which include French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. As the general languages of South America are Spanish and Portuguese, the area is called Latin America.
The most common name for currency in latin america is the?
Most countries in Latin America use the term "peso" as their currency name. Some exceptions are countries like Brazil (real), Colombia (peso), and Chile (peso).
This region is named Latin America because most of the countries in it?
This region is named Latin America because most of the countries in it have languages derived from Latin, predominantly Spanish and Portuguese. The term was first used in the 19th century to emphasize the cultural and linguistic ties between these countries and the Latin roots of their languages.
What does the term latin America most accurately refer to?
Latin America typically refers to the region of America where Romance languages, like Spanish and Portuguese, are predominantly spoken. This includes countries in Central and South America that have been influenced by Latin culture.
If your last name is Latin are you Latin?
Latin is the language that used to be spoken in the Roman Empire, as such it is not a nationality. The term ''Latin'' is also used to describe people who come from countries where Spanish and Portuguese is the primary language, and to describe those countries as a group; hence the term ''Latin America''. If your surname is ''Latin'', that tells us very little about your nationality, although it suggests some European connection.
Is Spain considered a Latin country?
No, Spain is not considered a Latin country. While Spanish is a Romance language derived from Latin, the term "Latin country" typically refers to countries in Latin America, which were colonized by Spain and Portugal. Spain is located in Europe.
Why is Latin America called Latin America?
Latin America is called "Latin America" because the countries that comprise Latin America speak Spanish and Portuguese, which are descended from Latin. The main official languages in the region - Spanish, Portuguese (and French) are derived from Latin. The term "Latin America" was coined in the 1860s when the French Emperor Napoleon III was trying to extend French imperial control over Mexico. He and his ministers used the term to try to suggest at least some degree of cultural similarity throughout the region and with France.
What makes up Latin America?
Latin America, refers to the countries of America that speakromance languages, languages derived from latin. So it includes all countries that speak Portuguese, Spanish and French. Actually even though technically French is a latin language those countries usually are not considered Latin American since they're so different in terms of languare, culture, history, races, economy, etc, that it makes no sence to group them with the rest. That's why the term Iberian American would be the ideal. There are 20countries in Latin America:BrazilUruguayArgentinaChileParaguayBoliviaPeruEcuadorColombiaVenezuelaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaMexicoCubaDominican RepublicPuerto Rico (which is not an independent country)
What is the correct way to spell Latin America?
That is the correct spelling of the proper noun Latin America (Hispanic areas of the Americas).
