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  • noun One of a strictly endogamous social group on the island of Majorca, descendants of Majorcan Jews who either converted to Christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden.

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Examples

  • But one day, while driving with his mother down Jafuda (Yehuda) Cresques Street, named after a well-known Jewish cartographer who lived in Palma centuries ago, Nicolau pointed at the street sign and giggled, telling his mother, "He was a Xueta!"

    Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?) vinnews 2010

  • But one day, while driving with his mother down Jafuda (Yehuda) Cresques Street, named after a well-known Jewish cartographer who lived in Palma centuries ago, Nicolau pointed at the street sign and giggled, telling his mother, "He was a Xueta!"

    Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?) 2010

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