Definitions

  • n. A visit.

Example Sentences

  • "All of my mother’s cousins, sisters-in-law, the extended family and their families would go for a Shabbat vijita (visit)." (Sephardic Heritage Cookbook: Ottoman, Persian, Moroccan, Egyptian Recipes and More by Sephardic Temple Or Chadash Sisterhood)

Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • vijita

    • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      vizhita

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