Spagnuolo

noun

Spa·​gnuo·​lo

ˌspänyəˈwȯ(ˌ)lō

plural -s

: one of a group of Spanish and Portuguese Jews expelled from Spain in 1492 whose descendants scattered among the Balkan states speak Judeo-Spanish compare ladino sense 4, sephardim

Word History

Etymology

Italian, literally, Spaniard, from spagnuolo, adjective, Spanish, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus

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