Indio

indio índio English Noun en indio. Proper noun en city co/Riverside County s/California c/US. Anagrams en diino iodin diion Idoni dinoi Tagalog Alternative forms tl Indiyo indiyo tl Indyo indyo Etymology tl es indio native of the Spanish East Indies, especially the Captaincy General of the Philippines. The term in es - 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 History of the Philippines (1565–1898) Spanish colonial period, especially during the Philippine Revolution, likely due to some historical condescending usage. See tl indoy ugly. See also id inlander, ceb inday. Pronunciation Indi.ó,Índi.o Noun Indió,Índió Indiyo tl historical derogatory native of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines Derived terms tl indoy See also tl Sangley//Tsino mestiso//mestisa insulares peninsulares Kastila//Espanyol Amerikano Filipino Negrito Further reading “INDIO” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007. “INDIYO” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007. 336 indiyó