Latina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "latina"

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ləˈtiːnə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ləˈtinə/, /læ-/, /lɑː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːnə
• Hyphenation: La‧ti‧na

Etymology 1

From Spanish latina; see Latino for more.

Noun

Latina (plural Latinas)

1. A Latin American woman. (Compare Latino.)

Derived terms

• Afro-Latina
• trans-Latina

Adjective

Latina (not comparable)

1. Of Latin American descent and female.

Derived terms

• Afro-Latina

Related terms

• Latino, Latine, Latinx and Latin@ (which see for more)

Etymology 2

From Italian Latina.

Proper noun

Latina

1. A province of Lazio, Italy.
2. A town, the provincial capital of Latina, Lazio, Italy.

Translations

province

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉蒂納省 / 拉蒂纳省 (Lādìnà Shěng)

• Finnish: Latium (fi)
• French: Latina (fr)
• Italian: Latina (it) f
• Latin: Latina (la)
• Marathi: लातिना (lātinā)
• Polish: Latina (pl) f

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉蒂納 / 拉蒂纳 (Lādìnà)

• Finnish: Latina (fi)
• French: Latina (fr)
• Italian: Latina (it) f
• Marathi: लातिना (lātinā)
• Polish: Latina (pl) f

Anagrams

• Antlia, antlia, Altina, talian, nalita, Natali, Talian, Latian

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈti.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: La‧tì‧na

Proper noun

Latina f

1. a town and province of Lazio, Italy

Derived terms

• latinese

Anagrams

• alanti, natali

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaˈtiː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈt̪iː.na]

Noun

Latīna f (genitive Latīnae); first declension

2. A woman (descended) from Latium, a Latin woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Latīna	Latīnae
genitive	Latīnae	Latīnārum
dative	Latīnae	Latīnīs
accusative	Latīnam	Latīnās
ablative	Latīnā	Latīnīs
vocative	Latīna	Latīnae

Adjective

Latīna

1. inflection of Latīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaˈtiː.naː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈt̪iː.na]

Adjective

Latīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of Latīnus

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish latina, from Latin Latīna.

The slang sense originated from a TikTok video made by content creator Sesable, where she said that her makeup that made her look so “Latina”, likely referring to Hispanic or Latin American traits.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /laˈtina/ [lɐˈt̪iː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: La‧ti‧na

Noun

Latina (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ)

1. female equivalent of Latino

Adjective

Latina (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜆᜒᜈ)

1. feminine of Latino
2. (slang) gorgeous (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally)

Related terms

• Amerika Latina
• ladino
• Latin
• Latino
• Latino-Amerika
• Latino-Amerikana

See also

• mestisa