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

Latin can also refer to:

• Latins (Italic tribe), a people inhabiting ancient Italy
• Various people throughout history who have been called Latins
• The Roman or Latin alphabet, which became the basic script used by most European languages
• Wheelock's Latin, a book that teaches the reader the Latin language
• "Latin", the fourth movement of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003 album
• "Latin Christianity", i.e., the Roman Catholic Church (usually in the medieval period) as distinguished from the Eastern Orthodox Church or Oriental Orthodox churches by the Latin Rite
• A discipline of ballroom dancing, the Latin dances

People with the surname Latin

• Denis Latin, Croatian television host
• Ivo Latin, the former speaker of the Parliament of Croatia and mayor of Zagreb

See also

• All pages beginning with "Latin"
• Ladin
• Lateen
• Latino (disambiguation)
• Latina (disambiguation)
• Latin Quarter (disambiguation)
• Lattin (disambiguation)
• Latinus

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