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La⋅di⋅no

  [luh-dee-noh; Sp. lah-thee-naw]
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–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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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Ladino

La*di"no\, n.; pl. Ladinos. [Sp.] One of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge. --Am. Cyc.

Ladino

La*di"no\, n.; pl. -nos 1. The mixed Spanish and Hebrew language spoken by Sephardim.

2. A cunningly vicious horse. [Southeastern U. S.]

3. A ladin.
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Ladino 
1889, Spanish mixed with Hebrew, Arabic, and other elements, written in Heb. characters, spoken by Sephardim in Turkey, Greece, etc. From Sp. Ladino "sagacious, cunning crafty," originally "knowing Latin, Latin," from L. Latinus. The Sp. word also has appeared in 19c. Amer.Eng. in its senses "vicious horse" and, in Central America, "mestizo, white person."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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