Hispanic (disambiguation)
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Hispanic means "of or from Spain". The term is commonly used to refer to the people and languages of what is now Spain from the historic period during the Roman Empire.
It may especially refer to:
- Derived from the name of the Roman province of Hispania ( Modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar in the Iberian Peninsula).
- Related to, or derived from, the Spanish people or the culture of Spain, Hispanidad or other Hispanophone countries.
- Related to, or derived from, the countries and culture of the people of Hispanic America.
- Related to, or derived from, Hispanic Americans living in the United States and their culture.
- Relating to the Spanish and Mexican period of colonial rule in the Philippines.
- Relating to the Spanish and Mexican derived influences on the Culture of the Philippines, but not in relation to said Filipino culture or the Filipino people, nor to that which derives from these.
See also
- Hispania
- Iberian Peninsula
- Hispanidad
- Spain
- Spanish people
- Nationalities in Spain
- Languages of Spain
- Culture of Spain
- Hispanophone
- Hispanic (magazine)
- Hispanic culture in The Philippines
- Spanish in the United States
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