different between india vs darkey

Italian

Noun

india f (plural indie, masculine indio)

1. female equivalent of indio

   Synonyms: nativa americana, amerindia, indiana

Anagrams

• daini

Latin

Noun

india

1. nominative plural of indium
2. accusative plural of indium
3. vocative plural of indium

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?indja/, [??n?.d?ja]

Adjective

india f sg

1. feminine singular of indio

Noun

india f (plural indias, masculine indio, masculine plural indios)

1. female equivalent of indio

English

Alternative forms

• darky, darkie

Etymology

dark +? -ey

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??ki/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??ki/

Noun

darkey (plural darkeys)

1. (dated slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with dark skin.
   • 1865 August 7, Jordan Anderson, "To My Old Master, Colonel P.H. Anderson", republished in the New York Daily Tribune:

     Sometimes we overhear others saying, "Them colored people were slaves" down in Tennessee. The children feel hurt when they hear such remarks; but I tell them it was no disgrace in Tennessee to belong to Colonel Anderson. Many darkeys would have been proud, as I used to be, to call you master.

2. (slang, obsolete) A dark lantern.

Translations

See also

• blackie

Anagrams

• yarked