América Latina o Latinoamérica?

Submitted by Neil on Sun, 06/05/2007 - 21:13.
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I see both used but which one is preferable? Does it depend on which country you come from? What do you use?

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Mon, 07/05/2007 - 06:20
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well ...

América Latina o Latinoamérica?

well I actually use both ... just say whatever my mouths says haha ...

what I noticed, most of my high school born mexican professors would say america latina and latinos we say latino america haha ... well I dont believe that either one is wrong but thats what I believe ... and what I have heard from the spanish speakers ...


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Wed, 09/05/2007 - 05:05
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I would have to say that I
I would have to say that I prefer Latinoamerica. Don't know why, it's the one I'm used to.
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Thu, 10/05/2007 - 09:19
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agreed
Yeah, it seems to roll off the tongue a bit easier, probably because it is very similar to Latin America in English.
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