Indian
Indian adjective - Of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures.
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Synonyms for Indian
Tanned and Indian are semantically related in dark-skinned topic. In some cases you can use "Tanned" instead an adjective "Indian".
Tanned
Tanned adjective - (of skin) having a tan color from exposure to the sun.
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Synonyms for Tanned
Indian and tanned are semantically related in dark-skinned topic. Sometimes you can use "Indian" instead an adjective "Tanned".
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It's unclear as to whether this is racial, tanned, or just dirty, but Jo theorizes in Jo's Boys that Dan has Indian blood in him.
Source: Literature / Little Men -
On the other hand, while every now and then the fully-white Ashton gets this comment upon his tanned looks, this is actually used to his advantage and becomes very handy several times, allowing him to pass as North-Indian or Afghan for example.
Source: Literature / The Far Pavilions - This works in Ashton's favor almost always, as it allows him to pass as Indian/non-European several times in the book - interestingly, he's actually mentioned to be more tanned/swarthy than the fair-skinned Indians of the North/in general, the pale-skinned Muslims and Pashtuns/Pathans.
Source: Literature / The Far Pavilions
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