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indio¹

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Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

noun indios · Indio · índio

  1. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific, and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines. On the sugar estates the índios were then annihilated by the infections the Portuguese had brought from Europe.

Indio²

noun Indios

  1. alternative Alternative form of indio

proper noun

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

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"indio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/indio. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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indio. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/indio

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"indio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/indio.

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@misc{indio_2026,
  title = {indio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}