Indio

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See also: indio and índio

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Indio

  1. A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish indio (“native of the Spanish East Indies, especially the Captaincy General of the Philippines”). The term in Spanish itself was originally neutral in connotation, just like how it is perceived with Native Americans in Latin America and Indians from India, called in the same way in Spanish. It later became understood as a derogatory term in the Philippines in the later years of the Spanish colonial period, especially during the Philippine Revolution, likely due to some historical condescending usage. See indoy (“ugly”). See also Indonesian inlander, Cebuano inday.

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Noun

Indió or Índió (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜓ)

  1. (historical, derogatory) native of the Philippines (during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines)

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