indio

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noun

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.

OriginSpanish indio ← Portuguese índio →
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Meanings

indio1

nounindio (plural indios)

plural indios · alternative Indio · alternative 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.

    2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 108

Indio2

nounIndio (plural Indios)

plural Indios

  1. alternativeAlternative form of indio.
proper noun
  1. A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Origin

  1. Portugueseíndio
  2. Spanishindio
  3. Englishindio

Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

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Anagrams

diionIdoni
Cite this entry
APA

indio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indio

MLA

“indio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indio. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indio.

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