Latina

Or ��·�پ�·�Բ�

[luh-tee-nuh, la-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to females of Latin American origin or descent, especially those living in the United States: She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.
My mother is Latina.
She will be the company’s first Latina CEO.

noun

a woman of Latin American origin or descent, especially one living in the United States.

Latina

/ ��ˈ�پ�ː�Բ� /

noun

Former name (until 1947): Littoria.��a city in W central Italy, in Lazio: built as a planned town in 1932 on reclaimed land of the Pontine Marshes. Pop: 107 898 (2001)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Latina¹

First recorded in 1970–75; from Spanish (United States), feminine of Latino

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Example Sentences

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A Latina woman who gave her name only as Flor arrived with her teenage daughter.

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She’s the executive director of the 700,000-strong Service Employees International Union California, of which Huerta is a part, and the first African American and Latina to lead the organization.

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After weeks of protests, police attacked those Latina workers in June of that year in what became known as the “Battle of Century City.”

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Obama chose Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina on the high court, to replace him.

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One of his early cases was defending a Latina professor who challenged tenure discrimination at her school.

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