Gentoo (term)
Gentoo, also spelled Gentue, Gentow or Jentue, was a term used by Europeans for the native inhabitants of India before the word Hindu, with its religious connotation, was used to distinguish a group from Muslims and members of other religious groups in India. Gentio and Gentoo terms were applied historically to indigenous peoples of India; later, to Telugus and their language in then Madras Province (now the Andhra and Telangana regions), as opposed to the Malbars, or Tamils and their language (in what is now Tamil Nadu).