LADINO

Ladino, Judeo-Spanish

(noun) the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

ladino (countable and uncountable, plural ladinos)

Alternative letter-case form of Ladino (“mestizo”)

(US, Southeastern US, countable) A cunningly vicious, wild or unmanagable horse.

Etymology 2

Noun

ladino (countable and uncountable, plural ladinos)

Trifolium repens (white clover).

Anagrams

• loadin', onlaid

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Ladino

A Romance language mainly spoken by Sephardic Jews (Wikipedia), derived mainly from Old Castilian (Spanish) and Hebrew.

Synonyms

• Dzhudezmo

• Djudezmo

• Judezmo

• Judeo-Spanish

• Judaeo-Spanish

• Judæo-Spanish

• Djudeo-espanyol

Etymology 2

Noun

Ladino (plural Ladinos)

A person in Latin America whose culture or ancestry is a mixture of European Spanish and Native American, especially one who speaks Spanish; a mestizo.

Anagrams

• loadin', onlaid

Source: Wiktionary


La*di"no, n.; pl. Ladinos. Etym: [Sp.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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