latin america

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Latin America
    n 1: the parts of North America and South America to the south
         of the United States where Romance languages are spoken

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Latin America \Lat"in A*me"ri*ca\, prop. n.
   That part of the American continents that speak Spanish,
   Portuguese, or French; the part of the American continents
   south of the United States.
   [PJC]