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Old 02-09-2006, 03:07 PM  
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Originally Posted by D_hodough
still doesn't solve for the issue of redundancy.

"a woman girl"

It's your call, but you asked, so... :-D
Latina can also be used as an adjective, so I think it's perfectly fine to say "she's a latina girl". Saying "she's a latin girl" doesn't explicitly say that she's from south america - it can apply to any member of romance language (italian etc).
It does sound similar to saying "a female girl", but latina doesn't just describe the gender, it also describes the nature of the girl itself, ie from south america. Plus "latina" can refer to a milf or a granny, you want to specify that it's a girl (teen)
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