Americas

=== Ethnology ===
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[[File:America ethnic map (about 1880).JPG|thumb|Ethnic map of the Americas (about 1880) by [[Heinrich Berghaus]]]]
The population of the Americas is made up of the descendants of four large [[ethnic group]]s and their combinations.
* The [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas]], being Amerindians and [[Inuit]]-[[Yupik peoples|Yupik]]-[[Aleut|Unangan]].
* Those of European ancestry, mainly Spanish, English, Irish, [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Germans|German]], [[Italians|Italian]], [[French people|French]], and [[Dutch people|Dutch]].
* Those of [[African diaspora in the Americas|African]] ancestry, mainly of West African descent.
* [[Asian people|Asians]], that is, those of [[East Asia]]n, [[South Asia]]n, and [[Southeast Asia]]n ancestry.
* [[Mestizo]]s ([[Métis|Métis people]] in Canada), those of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry.
* [[Mulatto]]es, people of mixed African and European ancestry.
* [[Zambo]]s (Spanish) or Cafuzos (Portuguese), those of mixed African and Indigenous ancestry.

The majority of the population lives in [[Latin America]], named for its predominant cultures, rooted in [[Languages of Europe#Romance|Latin Europe]] (including the two dominant languages, Spanish and [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], both [[Romance languages]]), more specifically in the [[Iberian Peninsula|Iberian]] nations of [[Portugal]] and Spain (hence the use of the term [[Ibero-America]] as a synonym). Latin America is typically contrasted with [[Anglo-America]], where English, a [[Germanic languages|Germanic language]], is prevalent, and which comprises Canada (with the exception of [[Canadian French|Francophone Canada]] rooted in Latin Europe [France]—see [[Quebec]] and [[Acadia]]) and the United States. Both countries are located in North America, with cultures deriving predominantly from [[British people|British]] and other [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] roots.