La|di|no

La|di|no «luh DEE noh», noun, plural -nos.

1. Also, ladino. In Spanish America: a) a mestizo. b) a mestizo or other native who adopts Western ways of living.

2. Also, ladino. = Ladino clover.

3. the ancient Spanish or Castilian language.

4. a Spanish dialect with Hebrew elements, spoken in Turkey and elsewhere by descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jews; Judeo-Spanish.

╂[< Spanish Ladino (literally) Latin < Latin Latīnus Latin]