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[[Image:Hispanic Demographic.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Latinos at first concentrate to states nearest Mexico (and Cuba), but then diffuse throughout the U.S.]]  

[[Image:Hispanic Demographic.jpg|350px|right|thumb|Latinos at first concentrate to states nearest Mexico (and Cuba), but then diffuse throughout the U.S.]]  

'''Latino''' (in the [[US]]) is a new [[English]] word ([[American]]ism) derived from a [[Spanish]] word that means a person of [[Latin]] languages-speaking descent. Latinos, in English, means descentents of the ''[[Conquistador]]s'' of the Spanish Conquest of North and South America (Spanish: ''La Conquista'') living in the U.S.<ref>David G.  Gutiérrez, ed. ''The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States Since 1960'' (2004) pp 1-2 [https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-History-Latinos-United-States/dp/0231118090/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190386160&sr=8-1 online excerpt]</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/latinos Latino] Dictionary.com</ref>  Many descendants of the Spanish Conquest in the territories of the former Spanish Empire that are now part of the United States were never part of Mexico and find it highly offensive to be referred to as "Mexican-American."

'''Latino''' (in the [[US]]) is a new [[English]] word ([[American]]ism) derived from a [[Spanish]] word that means a person of [[Latin]] languages-speaking descent. Latinos, in English, means descendents of the ''[[Conquistador]]s'' of the Spanish Conquest of North and South America (Spanish: ''La Conquista'') living in the U.S.<ref>David G.  Gutiérrez, ed. ''The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States Since 1960'' (2004) pp 1-2 [https://www.amazon.com/Columbia-History-Latinos-United-States/dp/0231118090/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190386160&sr=8-1 online excerpt]</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/latinos Latino] Dictionary.com</ref>  Many descendants of the Spanish Conquest in the territories of the former Spanish Empire that are now part of the United States were never part of Mexico and find it highly offensive to be referred to as "Mexican-American."

Latino (female is "Latina", gender-neutral is "Latinx") is a broad geographic term referring to those who come from [[Latin American]] countries, regardless of whether he or she speaks Spanish.  The term is not used universally across the United States and tends to be used regionally in the Eastern U.S.  In the border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, people of Spanish and mixed Native American descendent most often refer to themselves as [[Hispanic]].

Latino (female is "Latina", gender-neutral is "Latinx") is a broad geographic term referring to those who come from [[Latin American]] countries, regardless of whether he or she speaks Spanish.  The term is not used universally across the United States and tends to be used regionally in the Eastern U.S.  In the border states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, people of Spanish and mixed Native American descendent most often refer to themselves as [[Hispanic]].