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judeu

Pronunciation: /juˈdɛ.u/

“judeu” is a Sicilian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Jew, Jewish person (adherent of Judaism or member or descendant of the Jewish people)
  2. Judean
  3. a turncoat, a traitor

adjective

  1. Jewish (relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)

Etymology

From an earlier *judìu, ultimately Latin iūdaeus (“Jew; Judaean”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi). By surface analysis, Judìa + -eu. Cognate with Italian giudeo ~ giudio, Catalan jueu, Galician xudeu, Portuguese judeu.

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