Llanito

See also: llanito

English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

Llanito

  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.

Noun

Llanito (plural Llanitos)

  1. (informal) A Gibraltarian.
  • Llanita (female Gibraltarian)
  • Spanglish (a generic term for English/Spanish interlanguage)

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