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| image3 = Colonias europea en América siglo XVI-XVIII.png | caption3 = European colonies and territories in the Americas in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. }} Hispanic America or Spanish America (Spanish: ''Hispanoamérica'', ''América española'' or ''América hispana'') is the region comprising the Spanish-speaking nations in the Americas.〔All of the following dictionaries only list "Spanish America" as the name for this cultural region. None list "Hispanic America." All list the demonym for the people of the region discussed in this article as the sole definition, or one of the definitions, for "Spanish American". Some list "Hispanic," "Hispanic American" and "Hispano-American" as synonyms for "Spanish American." (All also include as a secondary definition for these last three terms, persons residing in the United States of Hispanic ancestry.) ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'' (3rd ed.) (1992). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-44895-6. ''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary'' (11th ed.) (2003). Springfield: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-807-9. ''The Random House Dictionary of the English Language'' (2nd ed.) (1987). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-50050-4. ''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles'' (2007). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2. ''Webster's New Dictionary and Thesaurus'' (2002). Cleveland: Wiley Publishing. ISBN 978-0-471-79932-0〕〔"Hispanic America" is used in some older works such as Charles Edward Chapman's 1933 ''Colonial Hispanic America: A History'' and 1937 ''Republican Hispanic America: A History'' (both New York: The Macmillan Co.); or translated titles that faithfully reproduce ''Hispanoamérica'', such as Edmund Stephen Urbanski (1978), ''Hispanic America and its Civilization: Spanish Americans and Anglo-Americans'', Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.〕 These countries have significant commonalities with each other and with Spain, its former European metropolis. In all of these countries, Spanish is the main language, sometimes sharing official status with one or more indigenous languages (such as Guaraní, Quechua, Aymara, or Mayan), or English (in Puerto Rico).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing – Languages )〕 Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CIA – The World Factbook – Field Listing – Religions )〕 Hispanic America differs from Ibero-America in that the latter comprises Hispanic America and Brazil (formerly "Portuguese America"), and for some uses includes the Iberian Peninsula nations of Portugal, Spain and Andorra. Hispanic America also contrasts with Latin America, which includes Hispanic America, Brazil, and also the former French colonies in the Western Hemisphere except (at least) areas that are now in either the United States or Canada.〔("Latin America" ) The Free Online Dictionary (''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', 2000, 4th ed. Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003.)〕 ==History== The Spanish conquest of the Americas began in 1492, and ultimately was part of a larger historical process of world discovery, through which various European powers incorporated a considerable amount of territory and peoples in the Americas, Asia, and Africa between the 15th and 20th centuries. Hispanic America became the main part of the vast Spanish Empire. Napoleon's takeover of Spain in 1808 and the consequent chaos initiated the dismemberment of the Spanish Empire, as the Hispanic American territories began their struggle for emancipation. By 1830, the only remaining Spanish American and Asian territories were Philippine archipelago and the islands of Cuba and Puerto Rico, until the 1898 Spanish–American War. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hispanic America」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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