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landsleit

landsleit noun: people from the same town, in American Jewish communities.

Noun

landsleit pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) People from the same town, in American Jewish communities.

Origin of landsleit

From Yiddish לאַנדסלײַט (landslayt). See לאַנד (land) and לײַט (layt).

Questions about landsleit

What does landsleit mean?
Landsleit means people from the same town, in American Jewish communities.
What part of speech is landsleit?
Landsleit is a noun.

Words near landsleit in the dictionary

  1. landskip
  2. landskips
  3. landsknecht
  4. Landsknechte
  5. landsknechts
  6. landsleit
  7. landslid
  8. landslide
  9. Landslide Lyndon
  10. landslide victories
  11. landslide victory

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