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Some terms:
Hispanic - adjective a person from or descended from a Spanish-speaking country. This includes Spain, but excludes Brazil as Portuguese is the spoken language of Brazil.
Latino/Latina - noun and adjective, a person from or descended from Latin America.
Latinx/Latine - gender neutral versions of Latino/Latina.
Latin America - the collections of countries in the American Continents that, due to colonization, speak Latin-based languages, namely Spanish and Portuguese. This is in contrast to the countries in the Americas that primarily speak English, a Germanic language, the US and Canada.
Definitions created from Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved September 1, 2021, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hispanic