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title: "Where did the name Indians come from in in reference to Native Americans?"  
description: "Where did the name Indians come from in in reference to Native Americans?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43212/where-did-the-name-indians-come-from-in-in-reference-to-native-americans  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Where did the name Indians come from in in reference to Native Americans? 

Where did the name Indians come from in in [reference](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/774/reference-what-does-this-error-mean-in-php) to [Native Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51439/how-the-policy-of-manifest-destiny-affected-native-americans)? \
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