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Hispanidad is a Spanish term describing a shared cultural, linguistic, or political identity among speakers of the Spanish language or members of the Hispanic diaspora. The term can have various, different implications and meanings depending on the regional, socio-political, or cultural context in which it is used.
The priest Zacarías de Vizcarra spread the term in 1926
Cover of the first edition of Defensa de la Hispanidad (1934), by Ramiro de Maeztu.
Primate Isidro Gomá y Tomás defended the ideas of Vizcarra and Maeztu.
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The term Hispanic refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad broadly. In some contexts, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an ethnic or meta-ethnic term.
Bust of a young Hispano-Roman man, 2nd century.
1770 painting of a mixed-race family from Spanish America. As a result of the significant mixing of populations during this time, the term "Hispanic" is often considered independent of racial background.
Hispanic boy from New Mexico, 1940 photograph.
The image of Our Lady of the Pillar wearing her canonical crown