http://colombo.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] colombo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] useless_faq2004-05-26 12:08 pm

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Почему Латинская Америка - именно Латинская?
Понятно, что она была колонизирована Испанией и Португалией, странами с языками латинской группы.
Но как-то это не кажется достаточным основанием.

[identity profile] laisan.livejournal.com 2004-05-26 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
The term was coined in the 1860s when the French Emperor
Napolean III was trying to extend French imperial control over the whole region. He and his ministers used the term to try to suggest at least some degree of cultural similarity throughout the region and with France. The region consists of people who speak Spanish, Portugese, Italian and French. All of these languages developed from Latin after the fall of the Roman Empire and those European countries are called Latin peoples. Hence the term Latin America.
(http://www.faqfarm.com/History/12467)