Madrasi
Ethnic slur and outdated exonym From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madrasi, also spelled as Madrassi, is a term used as a demonym in the past and a regional slur for people from southern India, usually used by those from northern India.[1] In earlier usage it was a demonym to refer to the people of Madras Presidency, including the people of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and parts of Karnataka and Kerala, however this use of the term is now outdated.[2][3][4][5][self-published source][6] In present-day, the exonym Madrasi specifically refers to the people in living in Madras (officially called as Chennai), and the term Chennaite (or Chennaivasi) is the endonym for the people living in the city.
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