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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]], 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earlier usage it was a [[demonym]] to refer to the people of [[Madras Presidency]]; however this use of the term is now outdated.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.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Tamils]]<br />
*[[Telugu people|Telugu vaaru]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:People from Chennai]]<br />
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