La·di·no 
(lə-dēnō)
(lə-dēnō)n. pl. La·di·nos
1. A nearly extinct Romance language, descended from medieval Spanish, spoken by Sephardic Jews especially in the Balkans, Turkey, and the Near East. Also called Judeo-Spanish.
2. also ladino In Central America, a Spanish-speaking or acculturated Indian; a mestizo.
[Spanish ladino, from Latin Latīnus, Latin; see LATIN.]