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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] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Indigenous struggle was so pronounced that the government sought not to eliminate but to coopt and control the population, for example, creating Comunidades Indigenas in Boaco and Camoapa in the early twentieth century--communities that as outside creations did not correspond to real community interests and were dominated by ladinos. He and his colleagues studied three groups now living in the same part of the Guatemalan rainforest--native Itzaj Maya, Q'eqchi' Maya who moved to the area about 20 years ago, and Spanish-speaking Ladinos who immigrated around the same time. A leading member of the San Cristobal Ladino community, an individual who also considers himself an Autentico Coleto - the label taken by the most rascist of Ladinos - recalls Ruiz's social trajectory in the city as follows: ". |
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