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Eurasian, in English vernacular, is a term that refers to those of mixed European and Asian ancestry, regardless of continent of origin.^[7][8] The term Eurasian may also be used among those of mixed European and Pacific Islander ancestry, although the term "Euronesian" is becoming more popular in usage.^[2] European languages are the object of Eurolinguistics. ... There are a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and unrelated isolate languages. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is a monotheistic... A silhouette of a Buddha statue at Ayutthaya, Thailand. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Look up Vernacular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Asian people[1] is a demonym for people from Asia. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Pacific Islands (or Pacific Person, pl: Pacific People, also called Oceanic[s]), is a geographic term used in several places, such as New Zealand and the United States, to describe the inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania. ...

The word was originally coined during 19th century British India to refer to persons born of European fathers, primarily British, and South Asian mothers, primarily Indians. Nowadays, more precise descriptions of Eurasian may make mention of the specific European and Asian origins of the individual such as the Filipino and White Mestizo, as well as the Thai and White luk kreung.^[9] The flag of British India British India, circa 1860 The British Raj (Raj in Hindi meaning Rule; from Sanskrit Rajya) was the British rule between 1858 and 1947 of the Indian Subcontinent, which included the present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Burma (Myanmar), whereby these lands were under the colonial... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines, to designate Filipinos of mixed Austronesian (indigenous) and foreign (primarily European) ancestry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Overview

In the period of Spanish, Portuguese, British, French, and Dutch colonialism in Asia, many Eurasians became clerks or supervisors in business or government. Eurasians tended to marry Eurasians, particularly in India where their numbers increased to over 300,000. They became a separate social and economic stratum between the ruling Europeans and the Indian local populations. "Eurasian" became a derogatory term in India, and "Anglo-Indian" was substituted. When colonialism ended, many Eurasians, particularly in Burma and Indonesia, suffered because they were distrusted as alien and closely allied with the displaced colonial rulers. In the Philippines, following the defeat of the Spanish, the mestizos were able to place themselves in a position previously occupied by the Spanish colonial rulers, and remain so to this day. Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ...

As seen with the given statistics on the ethnic group template, there are more Eurasians living in the Malay Archipelago as a region, more than any other region in the world. World map depicting Malay Archipelago The Malay Archipelago is a vast archipelago located between mainland Southeastern Asia (Indochina) and Australia. ...

Today, many relatively small Eurasian communities exist in Singapore, Malaysia, Macau, and in Hong Kong.

Philippines

The Eurasians of the Philippines form a very tightly knit relationship with Amerasians and due to their cultural similarities and common Western worldview. Both are considered as overrepresented in the entertainment industry, and are widely held in high esteem due to a generalized colonial mindset among Filipinos. Eurasians are viewed positively in the Philippines, and those with European phenotypes in particular are widely promoted as the standard of beauty. Most of the European introgression among Eurasians in the Philippines are of Spanish origin, while some, to a lesser degree, are of British origin. Meanwhile, contemporary migration and intermarriages between Filipinos (both male and female) with expatriates from Europe, Australia and the United States continue to result in an increasing number of Eurasians, particularly part white American, white Australian, British, French, German, Italian, Austrian, Swiss, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese, Slavic and Scandinavian, among others, in addition to the more common Spanish. A recent genetic study suggests that around 3.6% of the Filipino population is Eurasian, although it is probable that counting at least part-European ancestry going back many generations, the percentage is much higher. Amerasian is a term coined by author Pearl S. Buck for a person fathered by U.S. servicemen. ... The term Western world, the West or the Occident (Latin occidens -sunset, -west, as distinct from the Orient) [1] can have multiple meanings dependent on its context (e. ... Colonial mentality refers to institutionalised or systemic feelings of inferiority within some societies or peoples who have been subjected to colonialism, relative to the mores or values of the foreign powers which had previously subjugated them. ...

The Philippines also has large Amerasian populations (including part-African and part-native American), having the largest population of American citizens in all of Asia.^[10] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...

United States

According to the United States Census Bureau, concerning multi-racial families in 1990: The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Actress Halle Berry was born to a white mother of British extraction and a black father of American extraction. ...

In the United States, census data indicate that the number of children in interracial families grew from less than one half million in 1970 to about two million in 1990. In 1990, for interracial families with one white American partner, the other parent...was Asian American for 45 percent...^[11] The term white American (often used interchangeably with Caucasian American[3] and within the United States simply white[4]) is an umbrella term that refers to people of European, Middle Eastern, and North African descent residing in the United States. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

According to James P. Allen and Eugene Turner from California State University, Northridge, by some calculations the largest part white bi-racial population is white/American Indian and Alaskan Native, at 7,015,017, followed by white/black at 737,492, then white/Asian at 727,197, and finally white/Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander at 125,628.^[12] Of course the largest part-white population in fact are Latinos, with over 30,000,000 persons, who are sometimes of white and black descent, but more often of white and Amerindian descent.

US Census

The US Census categorizes Eurasian responses in the "Some other race" section as part of the Asian race.^[13] The Eurasian responses the US Census officially recognizes are Indo-European, Amerasian, and Eurasian.^[13]

Netherlands

After World War II, most Eurasians of European and Indonesian descent settled (after the overthrow of Dutch colonial rule) in The Netherlands and thereafter in America and elsewhere. Dutch Eurasians were typically Dutch citizens and were seen as having collaborated with the Dutch government by many Indonesians, whereas the Indonesian revolutionary leaders were seen as having collaborated with the Japanese invaders by many Dutch. Both of those perceptions were largely correct. These Dutch Eurasians, also called Indos or Indo-Europeans, have largely assimilated in the Netherlands and, with over 500,000 persons, are the largest ethnic minority in the Netherlands. Indo, Indo-European or Eurasian is a term used to describe people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, people of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. ... Indo, Indo-European or Eurasian is a term used to describe people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, people of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. ...

Appellations

Most Eurasians in Southeast and South Asia carry European surnames, and the possession of such surnames sometimes indicates European descent; except in the case of the Philippines and certain Hindu/Sikh/Catholic communities in India. Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... Map of South Asia (see note on Kashmir). ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

The most common European ancestry among Filipino mestizos is Spanish. While the majority of the small mestizo minority in the Philippines possess Spanish surnames, these surnames are also the most common among the rest of the population as a result of a royal decree ordering they be adopted by all Filipinos. As such, possessing a Spanish surname in the Philippines does not necessarily indicate Spanish ancestry. Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines, to designate Filipinos of mixed Austronesian (indigenous) and foreign (primarily European) ancestry. ... In most Spanish and Portuguese,-speaking regions of the world, people have at least two surnames. ... The Catálogo alfabético de apellidos (English: Alphabetical Catalog of Surnames) is a book of surnames published in the Philippines in the mid-19th century. ...

Juliana Imai is a Brazilian model of Japanese and Portuguese descent

The most common ancestry and surname of Eurasians is British for those in South Asia; Portuguese for those in Malaysia, Macau, East Timor, and Goa; Dutch and German for those in Indonesia and French for those in Vietnam. In Burma, the Anglo-Burmese reflect the most diverse lineage and include British, Irish, Dutch, French, Portuguese, German and Spanish surnames. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (683x1024, 365 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Japanese Brazilian Juliana Imai ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (683x1024, 365 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Japanese Brazilian Juliana Imai ... Juliana Imai (born February 25, 1985, in Cruzeiro DOeste, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian model of mixed Japanese and Portuguese descent. ... Photograph of the once famous model Dovima A model is a person who poses or displays for purposes of art, fashion, or other products and advertising. ... For other uses, see Goa (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The oldest Eurasian community in the region is in Malacca, in Malaysia; it began when the town was a Portuguese settlement, and many of its residents later moved to Singapore. There were also numerous Eurasians in the Netherlands East Indies, but following Indonesian independence most emigrated to the Netherlands. East Timor, also in Southeast Asia, has a significant and active Eurasian minority known as mestiços (of mixed Portuguese and Tetum ancestry). State motto: Bersatu Teguh State anthem: Melaka Maju Jaya Capital Malacca Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Mohd Khalil Yaakob  - Ketua Menteri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam History    - Malacca Sultanate 13th century   - Portuguese control 24 August 1511   - Dutch control 14 January 1641   - British control 17 March 1824   - Japanese occupation... The Dutch East Indies, or Netherlands East Indies, (Dutch: Nederlands Indië) was the name of the colonies colonised by the Dutch East India Company which came under administration of the Netherlands during the ninteenth century (see Indonesia). ... Mestizo (Portuguese, Mestiço; Canadian French, Métis: from Late Latin mixtcius, from Latin mixtus, past participle of miscere, to mix) is a term of Spanish origin used to designate the peoples of mixed European and Amerindian racial strain inhabiting the region spanning the Americas, from the Canadian prairies in... Tetum (also written as Tetun) is the national language of East Timor. ...

In India, the term Anglo-Indian is used and often preferred rather than Eurasian, although this may not only also apply to people with British ancestry, but also Portuguese or Dutch. While ostracised by many Indians during the British Raj, Anglo-Indians enjoy the same rights as other Indian citizens, and there are still seats reserved in parliament for them. Many have emigrated to the UK or Australia. In the UK, well-known Anglo-Indians include Academy Award winning actor Ben Kingsley and singers Cliff Richard (who never confirmed it) and Engelbert Humperdinck, though the latter later moved to the United States, while TV personality Melanie Sykes has an Anglo-Indian and Anglo-Burmese mother. The late Hollywood actress Merle Oberon was also Anglo-Indian, as is the Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje. Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ... The flag of British India British India, circa 1860 The British Raj (Raj in Hindi meaning Rule; from Sanskrit Rajya) was the British rule between 1858 and 1947 of the Indian Subcontinent, which included the present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Burma (Myanmar), whereby these lands were under the colonial... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE, (born December 31, 1943) is a British actor. ... Sir Cliff Richard OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Melanie Sykes (born 7 August 1970 in Mossley, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and actress. ... Merle Oberon (February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979), born Estelle Merle OBrien Thompson, was an Academy Award-nominated Anglo-Indian film actress. ...

Burma (prior to independence) had a large and generally prosperous Eurasian community known as the Anglo-Burmese. They tended to dominate various sectors of colonial and post-independence society in Burma. In following years, many emigrated from Burma or assimilated into Bamar (Burman) society. Today, many Anglo-Burmese live in English-speaking countries (e.g. UK, Australia, and U.S.). Some also moved to India where they have integrated into the Anglo-Indian community. Indian film star Helen is an Anglo-Burmese, while the British actress Kate Beckinsale also has some Anglo-Burmese ancestry. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Bamar (Burmese: ; MLCTS: ; IPA: , also called Burman), are the dominant ethnic group of Myanmar, constituting approximately 68% (30,000,000) of the population. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ... // This article is about the mythological figure Helen of Troy. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Kathryn Bailey Kate Beckinsale (born July 26, 1973) is an English actress, known for her roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and Underworld (2003). ...

In North America, some of the descendants of East Asian refugees as a result of French settlers and soldiers during the French colonial period ) or during the Franco-Vietnamese War / First Indochina War ) are racially Eurasian. Additionally, the Korean War and Vietnam War of the mid-twentieth century brought immigrants to the United States and Canada. Modern day Eurasian descendants of East Asians include Maggie Q, Kristin Kreuk, Melissa O'Neil, and Michelle Branch. North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Combatants French Union France State of Vietnam Cambodia Laos Viet Minh Commanders French Expeditionary Corps Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1945-46) Jean-Étienne Valluy (1946-8) Roger Blaizot (1948-9) Marcel-Maurice Carpentier (1949-50) Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1950-51) Raoul Salan (1952-3) Henri Navarre (1953-4... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Maggie Q, born Margaret Denise Quigley (stage name: Chinese: ; Pinyin: , born May 22, 1979), is an Eurasian-American actress and former fashion model. ... Kristin Laura Kreuk (born December 30, 1982 in Vancouver, BC) is a Canadian actress. ... Melissa Crystal ONeil (born July 12, 1988 in Calgary, Alberta) was the winner of the third season of Canadian Idol. ... Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch-Landau (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ...

Languages

Eurasians will usually speak the native language of their home country, and may or may not speak the language(s) of an ancestral or parental ethnic.

The overwhelming majority of all Eurasians with Filipino ancestry of the younger generations typically speak English as their first language, and have a basic command of at least one Philippine language. Many also speak Lan-nang (Philippine Hokkien), if they also have Chinese ancestry, as well as other European languages like Spanish, German, or French. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Lan-nang, or more properly known as Lan-nang-oé, is the Philippine variant of Min Nan, also known as Southern Fujianese or Hokkienese. ...

The Kristang and Macanese groups have also formed their own languages. The Kristang language is a dialect of Portuguese influenced by Malay as well as Petjo, a dialect compromised of Dutch words based on a Malay grammatical structure. The Kristang or Cristão people are an ethnic group of people, mostly in Malacca (Malaysia) and Singapore. ... Broadly, Macanese (Traditional Chinese: ; literally people of Macau) refers to the people of Macau. ... Papiá Kristang (Christian language) is a creole language. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Culture

Eurasian culture is mostly tied-up with their ethnic affiliation.

In East Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, South Korea, and Japan, most Eurasians choose to identify with the culture of the country they live in.

Eurasians in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos, and Thailand have developed a separate culture from the rest of the indigenous populations in their respective countries, as they typically are regarded by both the foreign and indigenous communities in their respective countries as a separate entity. Many Eurasians with Chinese ancestry in Singapore nevertheless do share the same culture with their Chinese Singaporean counterparts.

In Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands, an annual Eurasian festival is organized under the name Pasar Malam Besar. This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France. ... Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006)  - Municipality 98. ... The ‘Pasar Malam Besar’ is the biggest Eurasian event in the world. ...

Identification in the Modern West

An American military family with Eurasian children.

Eurasians, like everybody else, are entitled to define themselves as they see fit. While the discourse on multiculturalism seems capable of conceptualizing societies composed of diverse racial and cultural elements, it does not yet seem to be able to do so with individuals, without pathologizing them.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Size of this preview: 598 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (995 × 997 pixel, file size: 168 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 598 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (995 × 997 pixel, file size: 168 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

Eurasians in Asia sometimes encounter discrimination because historically many of their mothers were impregnated by Europeans with the woman often having been raped or engaged in prostitution (the father often having been a soldier). Thus, the children are viewed as illegitimate and something that serves as a shameful marker for many people in that society. While this is not usually the case for Eurasians in the West, issues may also arise there, such as issues around one's cultural loyalties, values, and perceived racial ambiguity (the latter is especially true in the U.S. because of the rule of hypodescent). // Illegitimacy is a term that was once in common use for the status of being born to parents who were not validly married to one another. ... Hypodescent is the practice of determining the lineage of a child of mixed race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his or her more socially subordinate parent. ...

Identification by Others

Eurasians who may identify a certain way are not always identified in the same way by everyone else. Often, the one factor that determines how total strangers identify a Eurasian is the degree to which one looks Asian or European. Among those who are familiar with the Eurasian however, other cultural and social factors add to how they would identify the Eurasian. As these are less observable, it is difficult to compile a concise list. In regions where Eurasians have historically been the result of U.S. servicemen, Eurasians have been discriminated against. Eurasians in Vietnam, such as Henry Phan, claim that many Asians consider Eurasians to have been born from prostitutes which is considered negative. Some Eurasians like Asha Gill (Indian/White) claim that "Asians despise us because we get all the jobs" and media portrayals.^[9] For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ... Promotional photo of Asha Gill for Tag Heuer Asha Anand Gill (born July 3, 1972 in Penbury, Kent, United Kingdom) is a Malaysia-based model, television host, deejay, veejay, writer, producer, film director, and womens rights activist. ...

Sometimes societies have certain criteria in defining the ethnicity, race or nationality of a person. More than one of these criteria may apply to a Eurasian, causing confusion.

Terminology

There are many other terms that apply to Eurasians.

• Amerasian (America + Asian) connotes the children of U.S. servicemen with Asian women.
• Anglo-Indian refers to people of British and Indian descent
• Bo KaBya/Anglo-Burmese - is the Burmese language notion that is an interracial mixture of Westerner and Asian, in this case, people from Myanmar (Burma).
• Burgher People People of mixed Sri Lankan and Portuguese or Dutch decent.
• Hapa haole, or simply hapa, meaning half-foreigner or simply half-something
• Haafu, which is derived from the Japanese word and their English pronunciation of "half."
• Konketsuji, the Japanese term for Amerasians.
• Ai no ko, in Japanese literally means "child of unlike things put together."
• Bụi đời, is the Vietnamese term for the children of U.S. servicemen and Vietnamese women and literally means "dust of the earth."
• Colored, a somewhat derogatory term for mixed race, some governments consider Eurasians as non-Caucasians and therefore "colored."
• Con lai, is Vietnamese for "half-breed" or "mixed race."
• Mỹ lai, is Vietnamese for "American mix."
• Luk kreung is Thai, derived from luk- child, offspring: son or daughter; smaller sub-part and khreung- half, midway; mid; ½.
• Hùnxuè'ér (混血儿) is Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese) for "mixed blood".
• Honhyol is Korean, derived from honhap-blend, mixture; hybrid; solution, and hyolgi-blood.
• Kacukan in malay means cross-breed or mix blood.
• Serani is Malay for "Eurasian." It is based on the Arabic word "Nasrani", meaning "followers of Jesus of Nazarene (Christianity)" since that the majority of Eurasians are Christians.
• Indo is a term for European-Indonesian.
• Filipino mestizo, in modern Philippine usage, it applies to those of part-foreign ancestry, often Spanish.
• Tisoy, in colloquial Filipino, refers to Filipinos of full or part-White descent, though in recent times has begun to refer to indigenous Filipinos of semi-Caucasian features; the word is actually used as a term of endearment with generally positive connotations
• Tornatrás is an archaic term used during the Spanish colonial period which once referred to people of mixed Spanish and Chinese descent, as well as those of mixed Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino descent.
• Wasian (White + Asian) is a slang term for people of both White and Asian decent.

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch and British) with local Sinhalese ancestry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bui Doi (Vietnamese: bụi đời) means dust of life and is a colloquial expression used to refer to the street kids and hooligans of Vietnamese cities. ... Colored and Colored People (or Colored Folk in the plural sense) are North American terms that were commonly used to describe Black people, but also included Asian (brown)/(yellow), Chicano (bronze or brown), and Native American (red). ... Bui Doi (Vietnamese: bụi đời) means dust of life and is a colloquial expression used to refer to people of mixed Vietnamese-foreign parentage. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Malay language (; Jawi script: ‎), is an Austronesian language spoken by the Malay people who reside in the Malay Peninsula, southern Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore, central eastern Sumatra, the Riau islands, parts of the coast of Borneo, Cocos and Christmas Islands in Australia, and even in the Netherlands[1]. It... Indo, Indo-European or Eurasian is a term used to describe people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, people of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. ... Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines, to designate Filipinos of mixed Austronesian (indigenous) and foreign (primarily European) ancestry. ... Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines, to designate Filipinos of mixed Austronesian (indigenous) and foreign (primarily European) ancestry. ... The term white people (also whites or white race) has been defined as being a member of a group or race characterized by light pigmentation of the skin and to a human group having light-coloured skin, especially of European ancestry. ... Tornatrás is an archaic term denoting a Eurasian person of mixed Spanish and Chinese descent in the Philippines, as well as persons of mixed Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish ancestry. ... The history of the Philippines begins with the arrival of the first humans in the Philippines by land bridges at least 30,000 years ago. ...

Stereotypes

Eurasians with part European and East Asian ancestry, are often stereotypically portrayed as beautiful in media.^{[14] [15]}

Notes

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See also

• List of Eurasians
• List of terms for multiraciality
• Amerasian
• Anglo-Burmese
• Anglo-Indians
• Bui doi
• Eurasian Singaporean
• Luk kreung
• Melungeon
• Peranakan
• Afro-Asian
• Indo (Eurasian)
• Filipino mestizo
• Mestiços (Sri Lanka)
• Burgher people
• Bhowani Junction
• Crimean Tatars
• Lipka Tatars
• Turkic peoples
• Uyghur people

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This is a list of terms for multiraciality used worldwide for people of various types, kinds and degrees of multiracial backgrounds. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Anglo-Indians are persons who have descended from a mix of British and Indian parentage. ... Bui Doi (Vietnamese: bụi đời) means dust of life and is a colloquial expression used to refer to the street kids and hooligans of Vietnamese cities. ... Eurasian Singaporean is an umbrella term to describe a community in Singapore descended from Europeans who married local Asians. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Melungeon is a term traditionally applied to one of a number of so-called tri-racial isolate groups of the Southeastern United States, found mainly in the Cumberland Gap area of central Appalachia: eastern Tennessee, southwestern Virginia, and eastern Kentucky. ... Peranakan, Baba-Nyonya () and Straits Chinese (; named after the Straits Settlements) are terms used for the descendants of the very early Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region, including both the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java among other places, who have partially adopted Malay... An Afro-Asian girl of Black and Korean ancestry An Afro-Asian is a person of African and Asian ancestry. ... Indo, Indo-European or Eurasian is a term used to describe people of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, people of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry. ... Filipino mestizo is a term used in the Philippines, to designate Filipinos of mixed Austronesian (indigenous) and foreign (primarily European) ancestry. ... In Sri Lanka, the names Mestiços (Portuguese for Mixed People) or Casados (Married) were applied to people of mixed Portuguese and Sri Lankan (Sinhalese people and Tamil) descent, starting in the 16th century. ... The Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic group, historically from Sri Lanka, consisting for the most part of male-line descendants of European colonists from the 16th to 20th centuries (mostly Portuguese, Dutch and British) with local Sinhalese ancestry. ... Bhowani Junction is a 1952 novel by John Masters, which became the basis of a successful 1956 film. ... The Crimean Tatars (sg. ... The Lipka Tatars were a noble military caste of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth who followed the Sunni branch of the Islamic religion and whose origins can be traced back to the Mongol Empire of Ghengis Khan, through the Khanate of the White Horde of Siberia. ... This article is about the various peoples speaking one of the Turkic languages. ... The Uyghur (also spelled Uighur; Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) are a Turkic people of Central Asia. ...

External links

• AngloIndians.com - Anglo-Indian resources & matrimony
• Eurasian Association of Singapore
• Resource on Mixed Asians
• Malaysian Dutch Descendants Project
• Maleisie.be article on Malaysian Dutch Descendants