Romaniote

English

Alternative forms

• Romaniot

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ῥωμανιῶτες (Rhōmaniôtes).

Noun

Romaniote (plural Romaniotes)

1. A member of a Jewish population living in Greece, historically distinct from the Sephardim, who settled in Greece later.
   • 1954, The Middle East Journal, page 359:

     Native (Romaniote) Jews submerged hy increasing numbers of Sephardi Jews plus the Karaites constituted the three main communities.

   • 2012, Bernard Wasserstein, On the Eve: The Jews of Europe Before the Second World War‎^[1]:

     Gradually, however, the greater wealth and more dynamic culture of the Sephardim overwhelmed the Romaniotes, most of whom merged with the newcomers.