Llanito

name, noun, slang

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Gibraltarian. informal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A vernacular spoken primarily in Gibraltar, based on a mix of Andalusian Spanish and English, but also influenced by Genoese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Italian and Maltese.

Etymology

From Spanish Llanitos (“people of the flatlands”), or from Italian Gianni (“Johnny”).

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