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  2. Gaijin - Wikipedia

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    Gaijin (外人, [ɡai(d)ʑiɴ]; 'outsider, alien') is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese citizens in Japan, specifically being applied to foreigners of non-Japanese ethnicity and those from the Japanese diaspora who are not Japanese citizens. [1] The word is composed of two kanji: gai (外, 'outside') and jin (人, 'person').

  3. Gweilo - Wikipedia

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    ngoigwok yan (外國人; Cantonese Yale: ngoihgwok yàhn; lit. 'foreign country person') for foreign nationals. acha (阿差; Cantonese Yale: achā; from "acchā" meaning "good" in Hindi) for South Asians. This term is considered offensive to South Asians local to Hong Kong, e.g., Hong Kong locals of Indian and/or Pakistani descent, and is not ...

  4. Farang - Wikipedia

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    In the languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea, faranj or ferenj in most contexts still means distant foreigner (generally used to describe Europeans or European descendant/white people), in certain contexts within the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora, the term faranj or ferenj has taken on a slightly alternative meaning that closely resembles the term Westerner or Westernized people even though it ...

  5. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service developed by Google to translate text, documents and websites from one language into another. It offers a website interface, a mobile app for Android and iOS, as well as an API that helps developers build browser extensions and software applications. [3]

  6. Mleccha - Wikipedia

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    The Sanskrit word mleccha does not have a standard Indo-European etymology and has no counterpart in Iranian languages. [19] It is composed of two roots Mala (filth/impurity) and Ichha (desire) referring to the one who loves filth, probably referring to the Non Vedic lifestyle of foreigners which Indo Aryans considered as impure and filthy.

  7. List of encyclopedias by language - Wikipedia

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    Hindi translation complete; Hungarian. Encyclopedias written in Hungarian. Icelandic. Encyclopedias written in Icelandic. Íslenska alfræðiorðabókin A-Ö ...

  8. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), [9] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of the Government of India, alongside English, and it is also the lingua franca of North India.

  9. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    from Hindi and Urdu: An acknowledged leader in a field, from the Mughal rulers of India like Akbar and Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. Maharaja from Hindi and Sanskrit: A great king. Mantra from Hindi and Sanskrit: a word or phrase used in meditation. Masala from Urdu, to refer to flavoured spices of Indian origin.