Indio
[ˈɪn.di.oʊ]Meaning
Spanish word for a native of the Spanish East Indies, especially the Philippines
Background Story
Indio is an unadapted borrowing from Spanish indio, which denoted a native of the Spanish East Indies, especially the Captaincy General of the Philippines. The term was originally neutral in Spanish, as it is for Native Americans in Latin America and for Indians from India, but it became derogatory in the Philippines in the later years of the Spanish colonial period, especially during the Philippine Revolution.
Temperament
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