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Ceylon, Productions, Volume 1

Note 1 — CHAP. IV.

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: The practice originated with the Portuguese, who applied to any unconverted native of India the term gentio, "idolator" or "barbarian."

2: The Spanish word "Moro" and the Portuguese, "Mouro" may be traced either to the "Mauri," the ancient people of Mauritania, now Morocco, or to the modern name of "Moghrib," by which the inhabitants, the Moghribins, designate their country.

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