ˌspänyəˈwȯ(ˌ)lō noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Italian, literally, Spaniard, from spagnuolo, adjective, Spanish, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin Hispaniolus — more at hispaniolize
: 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 4, sephardim