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Hispanic

/hɪˈspænɪk/

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British/hɪˈspanɪk/

Hispanic adjective: of or relating to Spain.

Adjective

Hispanic (comparative more Hispanic, superlative most Hispanic)

  1. Of or relating to Spain.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Iberian peninsula, its people, its culture or its languages.
    Synonyms:
    Iberian, Hispanian
  3. (colloquial) Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture, especially as in Latin America.
    • Houses in New Mexico, California and Florida exhibit a strong Hispanic architectural influence.
    Synonyms:
    Latin, Latino
  4. (colloquial) Mestizo.

Noun

Hispanic (plural Hispanics)

  1. A native or descendant of a Spanish-speaking country.
  2. A person of Spanish ancestry.
  3. (colloquial) A mestizo.

Hispanic meaning in Hindi and Bengali

Hispanic in Hindi

Of or relating to Spanish-speaking people or culture
हिस्पानी hispānī

Hispanic in Bengali

স্পেইনদেশীয়

Synonyms of Hispanic

All synonyms of Hispanic

Forms of Hispanic

Adjective
comparativemore Hispanic
superlativemost Hispanic
Noun
pluralHispanics

Origin of Hispanic

From Latin hispānicus, from Hispānia (“Iberia”) + -icus.

Words formed from Hispanic

Phrases with Hispanic

Words that rhyme with Hispanic

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Questions about Hispanic

What does Hispanic mean?
Hispanic means of or relating to Spain.
What is Hispanic in Hindi?
Hispanic in Hindi is हिस्पानी (hispānī). See Hispanic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hispanic?
Hispanic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Hispanic?
Hispanic is pronounced /hɪˈspænɪk/ (UK).

Words near Hispanic in the dictionary

  1. Hispania
  2. Hispania Baetica
  3. Hispania Tarraconensis
  4. Hispanian
  5. Hispanians
  6. Hispanic
  7. Hispanic America
  8. Hispanic American
  9. Hispanic Americans
  10. Hispanically
  11. Hispanicisation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hispanic (page history and authors); hispanic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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