Indian到底指印度人還是印第安人？怎么才能分清？

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因此，美洲土著人被稱為土著印第安人(Native Indians)，盡管他們既不屬于印度，也不屬于印度次大陸。

People are emphasizing not to use the term ‘Indians’ for global indigenous population, however there was another term coined in the early 19th century to refer to the Native indians ,it is Amerindian.The natives were also called as Red Indians ,but these are very pejorative as the color comes into picture ,so not widely accepted.

人們強調(diào)對全球土著居民不使用“印第安人”一詞，然而在19世紀早期出現(xiàn)了另一個用來指代印第安土著的術(shù)語，那就是美洲印第安人(Amerindian)。當?shù)厝艘脖环Q為紅印第安人(Red Indians)，但由于顏色出現(xiàn)在畫面中，使這種稱呼非常有貶義，所以沒有被廣泛接受。

Using Native American for the Indians (indigenous) and Indian American for people from India is more appropriate as there is no confusion.

用Native American表示印第安人(土著人)，用Indian American表示來自印度的人是一種更合適的說法，因為不會造成混淆

Nevertheless, I suggest you use "Native American" when referring to people from that ethnic group, and "Indian" when referring to people from India (although, sometimes we are forced to say "Indian from India" to clearly distinguish what we mean).

然而，我建議你用Native American來指代來自那個種族的人，用Indian來指代來自印度的人(盡管有時我們不得不說Indian from India以明確區(qū)分我們的意思)。

If this sounds confusing, it is. In the multicultural mix that is the United States, it's often difficult to know the exact term to use that won't cause offense to any particular group.

如果這聽起來令人困惑，那是的。在美國的多元文化組合中，通常很難知道使用哪個確切的術(shù)語不會對任何特定群體造成冒犯。

雖然Indian這個詞既可以指“印度人”，也可以指“印第安人”。但是在美洲土著人使用這個詞時，多少會有些冒犯。所以在沒有具體語境的時候，Indian更傾向于理解為為“印度人”。

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