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Adjective: Latin  la-t(u)n [N. Amer], la-tin [Brit]
  1. Relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages
    "Latin America"
     
  2. Relating to languages derived from Latin
    "Latin languages"
    - Romance
     
  3. Of or relating to the ancient region of Latium
    "Latin towns"
     
  4. Of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
    "Latin verb conjugations"
Noun: Latin  la-t(u)n [N. Amer], la-tin [Brit]
  1. A person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
     
  2. Any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
     
  3. An inhabitant of ancient Latium

Derived forms: Latins

See also: latinate, Latinist, Latium, macaronic, Romance

Type of: denizen, dweller, habitant, individual, indweller, inhabitant, Italic, Italic language, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Encyclopedia: Latin Latin, Ecclesiastical