Sephardim

US: (sə fär′dim, -fär dēm′)

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Se•phar•dim  (sə fär′dim, -fär dēm′), n.pl., sing. -di 

(-dē, -dē′). 
1. Judaism Jews of Spain and Portugal or their descendants, distinguished from the Ashkenazim and other Jewish communities chiefly by their liturgy, religious customs, and pronunciation of Hebrew: after expulsion from Spain and Portugal in 1492, established communities in North Africa, the Balkans, Western Europe, and elsewhere.

• Hebrew Səphāradh (region mentioned in Bible (Obadiah 20) and assumed to be Spain) + -ī suffix of appurtenance
• Modern Hebrew Səphāraddīm, plural of Səphāraddī, equivalent. to
• 1850–55

Se•phar′dic, adj.