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Ladino

[ luh-dee-noh; Spanish lah-thee-naw ]

noun

, plural La·di·nos [l, uh, -, dee, -nohz, lah-, thee, -naws]
  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.


ladino

1

/ ləˈdiːnəʊ /

noun

  1. an Italian variety of white clover grown as a forage crop in North America


Ladino

2

/ ləˈdiːnəʊ /

noun

  1. a language of Sephardic Jews, based on Spanish with some Hebrew elements and usually written in Hebrew characters Also calledJudaeo-SpanishJudezmo

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ladino1

1885–90; < Spanish < Latin Latīnus Latin. Ladin

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ladino1

C20: perhaps from Italian ladino (see Ladin ), referring to a person or thing from the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland, where the clover is grown

Origin of Ladino2

from Spanish: Latin

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Example Sentences

Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Ladino and French echoed in the alleyways.

One of the cells was used as a school for girls who were taught by a Ladino woman.

This was almost the only ladino church-function which we saw during our stay in the country.

Servianos de interprete a las mas destas palabras y razones el padre de Zoraida como mas ladino.

On another day, accompanied by Gorgonio and a Ladino guide, we went to look at some other ruins to the north-east of the village.

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