Sephardi
noun /sɪˈfɑːdi/
  /sɪˈfɑːrdi/
 (plural Sephardim 
 /sɪˈfɑːdɪm/
  /sɪˈfɑːrdɪm/
)- a Jew whose ancestors came from Spain or North Africa compare AshkenaziTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originmodern Hebrew, from sěp̄ārad̲, a country mentioned in the Bible (Obad. 20) and taken to be Spain.