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Ju⋅de⋅o-Span⋅ish

  [joo-dey-oh-span-ish, -dee-]
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–noun
Ladino (def. 1).
Origin:
1850–55
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La⋅di⋅no

  [luh-dee-noh; Sp. lah-thee-naw]
–noun, plural -nos  [-nohz; Sp. -naws] for 2, 3.
1. Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
2. (in Spanish America) a mestizo.
3. (lowercase) Southwestern U.S. a wild, unmanageable, or vicious horse or other ranch animal.
Origin:
1885–90; < Sp < L Latīnus Latin. Cf. Ladin
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Ju·de·o-Span·ish   (jōō-dā'ō-spān'ĭsh)   
n.  See Ladino.

[From Latin Iūdaeus, Jewish, from Greek Ioudaios; see Jew.]
La·di·no   (lə-dē'nō)   
n.   pl. La·di·nos

  1. A nearly extinct Romance language, descended from medieval Spanish, spoken by Sephardic Jews especially in the Balkans, Turkey, and the Near East. Also called Judeo-Spanish.

  2. also ladino In Central America, a Spanish-speaking or acculturated Indian; a mestizo.


[Spanish ladino, from Latin Latīnus, Latin; see Latin.]
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