Lugassi (also spelled "Lugasi", "Lugassy", "Lugacy" or in some cases "Lugashi") is a

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

which originated in the Asturian town of . Llugás in

Asturian Wikipedia The Asturian Wikipedia ( ast, Wikipedia n'asturianu) is the Asturian language edition of Wikipedia started in July 2004. As of , the Asturian Wikipedia has articles, making it the -largest Wikipedia. It also has registered users, most of them ...

Jews mostly began to carry this name after the

1492 expulsion The Alhambra Decree (also known as the Edict of Expulsion; Spanish: ''Decreto de la Alhambra'', ''Edicto de Granada'') was an edict issued on 31 March 1492, by the joint Catholic Monarchs of Spain (Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Ara ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Oshri Lugasi Oshri Lugasi (born February 17, 1972) is brigadier general who serves as the chief Combat Engineering Corps officer of the Israel Defense Forces. Lugasi performed most of his service in the Combat Engineering Corps, where he served as the se ...

, Chief Combat Engineering Corps Officer of the IDF *

Daniella Lugassy Daniella Lugassy ( he, דניאלה לוגסי, born 1982) is an Israeli Opera Soprano singer. Lugassy was born in Jerusalem, the eldest out of three to father Gil Lugassy, a French-born of Moroccan Jewish descent who studied Hematology in ...

, Israeli soprano opera singer * Talia Lugacy, American film director, writer, producer, and a Screen Studies assistant professor. * Gary Lugassy, French Tennis player *

Moti Lugasi Moti Lugasi (born April 18, 1992) is an Israeli taekwondo athlete. He won a bronze medal at the age of 18 in the 54 kg (fin) class at the 2010 European Taekwondo Championships The 2010 European Taekwondo Championships was held at th ...

, Israeli taekwando fighter * Moshe Lugasi, Israeli footballer * Moses Lugassy, 19th Century Moroccan born British businessman and Zionist activist

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