Hispanic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hispanic \His*pan"ic\, a. [L. Hispanicus.]
     Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic
     words.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Hispanic
       adj : related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain;
             "the Hispanic population of California is growing
             rapidly" [syn: {Latino}]
       n : an American whose first language is Spanish [syn: {Spanish
           American}, {Hispanic American}, {Latino}]