maraan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marrano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːˈraːn/

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

maraan m (plural maranen, diminutive maraantje n)

1. (historical) marrano, a Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force in 15th-century Iberia.

   Synonym: converso

Further reading

• maraan on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl