landsleit


lands·leit

L0038200 (länts′līt′)pl.n. Fellow Jews who come from the same district or town, especially in Eastern Europe.
[Yiddish landslayt, from Middle High German lantsliute, natives, compatriots : lant, land; see landsman2 + liute, pl. of liut, person, people (from Old High German; see leudh- in Indo-European roots).]