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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.]
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Word Origin & History

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."
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