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llanito

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
llan-i-to
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

A Gibraltarian.

Informal

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

Yanito (alternative) Llanitos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Llanita Spanglish Alemañol Chinglish Denglisch Germish Dunglish Franglais

Questions

What does llanito mean?
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.
Where does llanito come from?
From Spanish Llanitos (“people of the flatlands”), or from Italian Gianni (“Johnny”).

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