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dictionary definition says "inhabitant of the US"
:::: A good source will be needed to change the meaning of that word. By the way. I think this is not an article to be readed only in the US. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 22:02, 21 September 2008 (EDT)
:::: A good source will be needed to change the meaning of that word. By the way. I think this is not an article to be readed only in the US. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 22:02, 21 September 2008 (EDT)
:::::I provided a very good source: Gutiérrez, ed. ''The Columbia History of Latinos in the U.S." (2005) pp 1-2 those pages are online at Amazon.com. How is "Latino" actually used in Spain these days? [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 22:11, 21 September 2008 (EDT)
:::::I provided a very good source: Gutiérrez, ed. ''The Columbia History of Latinos in the U.S." (2005) pp 1-2 those pages are online at Amazon.com. How is "Latino" actually used in Spain these days? [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 22:11, 21 September 2008 (EDT)
:::here is the complete entry from the Oxford English Dictionary on "Latino":
::::A Latin-American inhabitant of the United States. Also attrib. or as adj. 1946 G. PEYTON San Antonio xxi. 232 The first program on the University's list is an exchange of students with Latin America. That in itself would be a fresh intellectual experience for Texas, where Latinos are usually looked on as sinister specimens of an inferior race. 1966 MRS L. B. JOHNSON White House Diary 2 Apr. (1970) 377 Six young girls, all Latinos, had encased themselves in cardboard boxes. 1972 Listener 9 Mar. 310/1 America..is meant to be a great melting-pot... Its racial componentsBlacks, Latinos, Chinese, Japanese, [etc.]. 1973 Black Panther 17 Mar. 5/3 A program was drawn up..by an..action group composed of Blacks, Latinos, and Whites. 1974 Ibid. 19 Jan. 5/1 Mr. Rhodes' home was broken into..by a man who appeared to be of Latino origin. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 22:14, 21 September 2008 (EDT)