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the language of ancient Rome and the official language of its empire see also vulgar LatinTopics Languagea2拉丁语 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- classical
- medieval
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a person from countries where languages that have developed from Latin, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian or French, are spoken 拉丁人(来自拉丁语系国家如西班牙、葡萄牙、意大利或法国) - [uncountable]
music of a kind that came originally from Latin America, typically with strong dance rhythms 拉丁音乐(源自拉丁美洲,节奏感强,适于跳舞)
Word Originfrom Latin Latinus ‘of Latium’, an ancient region of west central Italy settled during the earlier part of the 1st millennium BCE.