Sephardi meaning

Definition of Sephardi

1. a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent

   Synonyms: Sephardic Jew

   Type of: Jew

Sephardi in a sentence

• People with the last name Ashkenazi are usually Sephardi.
• Israeli Hebrew is based on the Sephardi reading tradition.
• There were once Sephardi pirates in the Caribbean.
• Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews are closely related.
• In Sephardi Hebrew, long vowels merged with their short equivalents.