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	'''Madrasi''' also spelled as '''Madrassi''', is a term used as a demonym and a regional slur for people from [[southern India]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Reddy, Kovuuri G.\|title=Handbook of Journalism and Media: India, Bharat, Hindustan\|year=2015\|publisher=Vikas Publishing Housel\|isbn=9789325982383\|oclc=1091767503\|pages=255\|quote=Madrasi is a reference; it could be also a 'regional' slur}}</ref> In earlier usage it was a [[demonym]] to refer to the people of [[Madras Presidency]]; however this use of the term is now outdated.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSTEOx_Lw9MC&q=madrasi&pg=PA211\|title=Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta\|author1=Himadri Banerjee\|author2=Nilanjana Gupta\|author3=Sipra Mukherjee\|date=10 July 2009\|publisher=Anthem Press\|page=211\|isbn=9781843318057}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=[[David Theo Goldberg]], [[Ato Quayson]]\|title=Relocating Postcolonialism\|year=2002\|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell\|isbn=978-0-631-20805-1\|pages=341\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jam7QTlBqDcC&pg=PA341}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last= Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Gary Needham\|title=Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide\|year=2006\|publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]]\|isbn=978-0-8248-3085-4\|pages=296\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K89aw6DEYEYC&pg=PA296}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Sri Saibaba s Charters and Sayings -As I Understand\|year=2013\|publisher=Xlibris Corporation\|pages=176\|isbn=9781483629674\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvKkAwAAQBAJ&q=madrasi&pg=PA176}}{{Self-published inline\|certain=yes\|date=January 2018}}~~</ref>~~<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiEvBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA189\|page=189\|title=Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia\|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield\|year=2014\|author1=Annette Lynch\|author2=Mitchell D. Strauss\|isbn=9780759121508\|quote= Although “Madras” is the name of a place, in this context it is used as an adjective and not as a proper noun.}}</ref>		'''Madrasi''', also spelled as '''Madrassi''', is a term used as a demonym and a regional slur for people from [[southern India]], especially [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Reddy, Kovuuri G.\|title=Handbook of Journalism and Media: India, Bharat, Hindustan\|year=2015\|publisher=Vikas Publishing Housel\|isbn=9789325982383\|oclc=1091767503\|pages=255\|quote=Madrasi is a reference; it could be also a 'regional' slur}}</ref> In earlier usage it was a [[demonym]] to refer to the people of [[Madras Presidency]]; however this use of the term is now outdated.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSTEOx_Lw9MC&q=madrasi&pg=PA211\|title=Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta\|author1=Himadri Banerjee\|author2=Nilanjana Gupta\|author3=Sipra Mukherjee\|date=10 July 2009\|publisher=Anthem Press\|page=211\|isbn=9781843318057}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last=[[David Theo Goldberg]], [[Ato Quayson]]\|title=Relocating Postcolonialism\|year=2002\|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell\|isbn=978-0-631-20805-1\|pages=341\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jam7QTlBqDcC&pg=PA341}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last= Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Gary Needham\|title=Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide\|year=2006\|publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]]\|isbn=978-0-8248-3085-4\|pages=296\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K89aw6DEYEYC&pg=PA296}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|title=Sri Saibaba s Charters and Sayings -As I Understand\|year=2013\|publisher=Xlibris Corporation\|pages=176\|isbn=9781483629674\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvKkAwAAQBAJ&q=madrasi&pg=PA176}}</ref>{{Self-published inline\|certain=yes\|date=January 2018}}<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiEvBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA189\|page=189\|title=Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia\|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield\|year=2014\|author1=Annette Lynch\|author2=Mitchell D. Strauss\|isbn=9780759121508\|quote= Although “Madras” is the name of a place, in this context it is used as an adjective and not as a proper noun.}}</ref> In present-day, the exonym ''Madrasi'' specifically refers to the people in living in [[Madras]] (officially called as Chennai), and the term ''Chennaite'' (or ''Chennaivasi'') is the endonym for the people living in the city.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	~~{{Wiktionary}}~~
	*[[Tamils]]		*[[Tamils]]
			*[[Telugu people\|Telugu vaaru]]

	==References==		==References==

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{{distinguish|Madrasa}}
{{other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

'''Madrasi''' also spelled as '''Madrassi''', is a term used as a demonym and a regional slur for people from [[southern India]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Reddy, Kovuuri G.|title=Handbook of Journalism and Media: India, Bharat, Hindustan|year=2015|publisher=Vikas Publishing Housel|isbn=9789325982383|oclc=1091767503|pages=255|quote=Madrasi is a reference; it could be also a 'regional' slur}}</ref> In earlier usage it was a [[demonym]] to refer to the people of [[Madras Presidency]]; however this use of the term is now outdated.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cSTEOx_Lw9MC&q=madrasi&pg=PA211|title=Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta|author1=Himadri Banerjee|author2=Nilanjana Gupta|author3=Sipra Mukherjee|date=10 July 2009|publisher=Anthem Press|page=211|isbn=9781843318057}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=[[David Theo Goldberg]], [[Ato Quayson]]|title=Relocating Postcolonialism|year=2002|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|isbn=978-0-631-20805-1|pages=341|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jam7QTlBqDcC&pg=PA341}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last= Dimitris Eleftheriotis, Gary Needham|title=Asian Cinemas: A Reader and Guide|year=2006|publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]]|isbn=978-0-8248-3085-4|pages=296|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K89aw6DEYEYC&pg=PA296}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Saibaba s Charters and Sayings -As I Understand|year=2013|publisher=Xlibris Corporation|pages=176|isbn=9781483629674|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kvKkAwAAQBAJ&q=madrasi&pg=PA176}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiEvBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA189|page=189|title=Ethnic Dress in the United States: A Cultural Encyclopedia|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2014|author1=Annette Lynch|author2=Mitchell D. Strauss|isbn=9780759121508|quote= Although “Madras” is the name of a place, in this context it is used as an adjective and not as a proper noun.}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Wiktionary}}
*[[Tamils]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:People from Chennai]]

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