[Ads-l] Antedating of "Latin American"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Jan 29 11:27:08 UTC 2023


Latin American (OED 1890)

1864 Nashville Daily Union 10 June 4/2 (Newspapers.com)  There is a grand assertion of American sentiments in every State of Latin America, and all classes of the people begin to rally for the realization of a great Latin-American Confederacy.

Fred Shapiro

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