La·di·no (l -d  n )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 Lat  nus, Latin; see Latin.] |
ladino [ləˈdiːnəʊ]
n pl -nos
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an Italian variety of white clover grown as a forage crop in North America
[perhaps from Italian ladino (see Ladin), referring to a person or thing from the Italian-speaking area of Switzerland, where the clover is grown]
Ladino [ləˈdiːnəʊ]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) a language of Sephardic Jews, based on Spanish with some Hebrew elements and usually written in Hebrew characters Also called Judaeo-Spanish Judezmo
[from Spanish: Latin]
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| Noun | 1. |  ladino - a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 |
| 2. | Ladino - the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in the Hebrew script Spanish - the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain |
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