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- noun One of a strictly
endogamous social group on theisland ofMajorca ,descendants of MajorcanJews who either converted toChristianity or were forced to keep theirreligion hidden.
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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
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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!"
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