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Feringhee
Feringhee (fəˈrɪŋgiː) Forms: 6 firingi, 7 fringe, frangee, 8 fe-, firingy, 9 faringee, ferenghi, feringhee; ferangi. [An oriental adoption of frank, with Arab. ethnic suffix -i; in Arab. faranjī, in Pers. farangī.] Formerly, the ordinary Indian term for a European; in 19th c. applied esp. to the Ind...
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Ferengi
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The name Ferengi was coined based on the Persian term Ferenghi, used throughout Asia (compare older Feringhee), meaning "foreigners" or "Europeans
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The men scoffed at them and laughed at the madness of the feringhee [a disparaging local language term for Westerners], and harder still when my men came
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History of Chittagong
By the early 18th century, the Portuguese settlements were located at Dianga, Feringhee Bazar in Chittagong district and in the municipal ward of Jamal
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farang
‖ farang (faˈraŋ) [Thai fa4-rang4 white race of people, ad. Frank n.1; cf. Feringhee.] The Thai term for a foreigner, esp. a European.[1852 F. A. Neale Narr. Res. Capital of Kingdom of Siam vii. 109 ‘What!’ said he, ‘do you Franks dare to break the laws of this country, and set my authority in defia...
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parangi
parangi (pəˈræŋgɪ) Also 9 parangy. [Sinhalese parangi (lede), lit. ‘(disease of) foreigners’, i.e. the Portuguese (= Skr. phiraṅga ‘Frankish’, European), f. Pg. Frangue, name given by the Moors to Frenchmen, Spaniards, and European Christians generally (cf. Feringhee).] The name given in Sri Lanka t...
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bahadur
bahadur Anglo-Ind. (bəˈhɔːdʊ(r)) Also 8, 9 behauder, baha(u)door, bahawder. [Hindi bahādur hero, champion.] A great man, distinguished personage. Often affixed as a title to an officer's name. ‘Bahādur and Sirdār Bahādur are also the official titles of members of the 2nd and 1st classes respectively...
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Frank
▪ I. Frank, n.1 and a.1 (fræŋk) Forms: 1 Franca, Fronca, 3 Franke, 4–7 Fran(c)k(e, (8 Franc), 7– Frank. [ad. L. Franc-us, F. Franc; a name of Teut. origin, repr. OHG. Franko = OE. Franca:—prehistoric *Frankon-. It is usually believed that the Franks were named from their national weapon, OE. franca ...
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