Sephardi
noun/sɪˈfɑːdi/
/sɪˈfɑːrdi/
(plural Sephardim
/sɪˈfɑːdɪm/
/sɪˈfɑːrdɪm/
)- a Jewish person whose ancestors came from Spain or North Africa compare AshkenaziTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originmodern Hebrew, from sěp̄ārad̲, a country mentioned in the Bible (Obad. 20) and taken to be Spain.
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