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Sephardi

  (sə-fär') pronunciation
n., pl. -dim (-dĭm).

A descendent of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages until persecution culminating in expulsion in 1492 forced them to leave.

[Medieval Hebrew səpāraddî, Spaniard, from səpārad, Spain, adoption of Hebrew səpārad, placename of disputed location (mentioned at Obadiah 20).]

Sephardic Se·phar'dic (-dĭk) adj.
 
 

Any member of the Jewish community, or their descendants, who lived in Spain and Portugal from the Middle Ages until their expulsion in the late 15th century. They fled first to North Africa and other parts of the Ottoman Empire and eventually settled in countries such as France, Holland, England, Italy, and the Balkan states. They differ from the Ashkenazi Jews in their traditional language, Ladino, and in their preservation of Babylonian rather than Palestinian Jewish ritual traditions. Many now live in Israel.

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Translations: Translations for: Sephardi

Dansk (Danish)
n. - sefardi

Nederlands (Dutch)
sefardi

Français (French)
n. - séfarade

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sephardi (Jude spanischer Abstammung)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σεφαρδίτης

Italiano (Italian)
sefardita

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sefardita (m) (f)

Русский (Russian)
сефард

Español (Spanish)
n. - sefardí, sefardita

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sefard

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
西班牙系的犹太人

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 西班牙系的猶太人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 세파르디 (스페인, 포르투갈계의 유대인)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - セファルディー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أليهود ألشرقيون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ספרדי (יהודי), יהודי מעדות המזרח‬


 
 

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