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FERINGHI, or FERINGHEE

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FERINGHI, or FERINGHEE  , a Frank (Persian, Farangi) . This
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term for a
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European is very old in
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Asia, and was originally used in a purely
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geographical sense, but now generally carries a hostile or contemptuous significance . The combatants on either side during the
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Indian Mutiny called each other Feringhies and Pandies .

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