• guy@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    Or just “Latin”. A word Latin Americans actually use. Really don’t need the X.

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      27 days ago

      That only works in English sadly. The Spanish latino comes from the part of the Americas that spoke a Latin-based (romance) language. The Spanish Latín refers only to the language of Rome