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Latin is an Italic language, originally spoken in ancient Rome and its empire.

Contents

• People
• People with the surname
• Language
• Music
• Other uses
• See also

Latin may also refer to:

People

• Latins, peoples related to ancient Rome or its legacy across various historical periods
• Latins (Italic tribe), an ancient Italic tribe that inhabited central Italy from about 1000 to 300 BC
• Latins (Middle Ages), common name for followers of Western Christianity during the Middle Ages
• Latin Americans, the citizens of the Latin American countries and dependencies
• Latin Europeans, citizens of Latin Europe countries and dependencies
• Latino, a usually American term for Latin Americans in the United States

People with the surname

• Denis Latin (born 1966), a Croatian television host
• Ivo Latin (1929–2002), speaker of the Parliament of Croatia and Mayor of Zagreb
• Jerry Latin (1953–2025), American football player

Language

• Latin languages or Romance languages, modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin
• Latin alphabet, writing system used by the ancient Romans
• Latin script, writing system used for most contemporary European languages
• Old Latin, Latin language before 75 BC
• Classical Latin, literary Latin language of the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire
• Late Latin, written Latin of late antiquity
• Vulgar Latin, non-standard Latin language variety spoken by the people of Ancient Rome
• Medieval Latin, Latin language of the Medieval era
• Renaissance Latin, Latin language of the Renaissance era
• Neo-Latin, revival of the Latin language between c. 1375 and c. 1900
• Contemporary Latin, the form of the Latin language used since the end of the 19th century
• Ecclesiastical Latin, the form of the Latin language used by the Catholic Church as a liturgical language

Music

• Latin music, a popular music genre associated with and having roots in Ibero-America
• Latin (George Dalaras album), 1987
• Latin (Holy Fuck album), an album by the band Holy Fuck
• "Latin", the fourth movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album

Other uses

• Latin, Croatia, a village in Plaški, Croatia
• LATIN, a Latin American newspaper association
• Latin Church, the portion of the Catholic Church employing the Latin liturgical rites

See also

• Latin Quarter (disambiguation)
• Latina (disambiguation)
• Latino (disambiguation)
• Latinization (disambiguation)
• Ladin (disambiguation)
• Lattin (disambiguation)
• Latin America, a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere
• Latinus, a figure in Greek and Roman mythology associated with Odysseus and Aeneas
• Lateen or latin-rig, a type of sail rigging
• All pages with titles beginning with Latin
• All pages with titles containing Latin

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