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| The term Eurasian was first coined in mid-nineteenth century British India. The term was originally used to refer to those who are now known as Anglo-Indians, people of mixed British and Indian descent. In addition to British many were also of mixed Portuguese, Dutch, Irish or French descent. The term has been used in anthropological literature since the 1960s.
| | A person of mixed European and Asian descent first used by British colonists in the 19th century in the region now known as Southeast Asia in order to differentiate such people (who were mixes of local Malays and former Portuguese and Dutch colonists) from the English. |
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