latin-american

1. 1.

   of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people

   “Latin-American countries”

   “Latin-American music”

Questions about latin-american

What does latin-american mean?

latin-american means "of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people".

How many syllables are in latin-american?

latin-american has 6 syllables and divides as la-ti-n-a-me-ri-can under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is latin-american a common word?

latin-american is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.