latinization

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country.

Examples

The Mexican American Experience : An Encyclopedia (2003) (ISBN 0-313-31643-0) *Mohl, Raymond A. "Latinization in the Heart of Dixie: Hispanics in Late-twentieth-century Alabama" Alabama Review 2002 55(4): 243–274. Source: Internet

The word "Algoritmi" was the translator's Latinization of Al-Khwarizmi's name, and the word "Algorithm" or "Algorism" started meaning any arithmetic based on decimals. Source: Internet

Pittau emphasized that this concerns terms originally ending in an accented vowel, with an attached paragogic vowel; the suffix resisted Latinization in some place names, which show a Latin body and a Nuragic suffix. Source: Internet

The development of some Cyrillic computer typefaces from Latin ones has also contributed to the visual Latinization of Cyrillic type. Source: Internet

These are some of the provocative questions that Mike Davis explores in this fascinating account of the Latinization of the US urban landscape. Source: Internet

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