Western Sephardim (also known more ambiguously as Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Spanish Jews, Portuguese Jews and Jews of the Portuguese Nation) acronymed S&P are a distinctive sub-group of Iberian Jews, who are descended from Jews who lived in the Iberian Peninsula for centuries, until their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497. These event were linked to the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions, respectively.