Paradesi Jews

A form of Paradesi Jew — One of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain.

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Paradesi Jew
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