Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.16021
Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.16021
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1726.—“The Malayers are also commonly called *Orang di Bawah Angin*, or ‘people beneath the wind,’ otherwise *Easterlings*, as those of the West, and particularly the Arabs, are called *Orang Atas Angin*, or ‘people above the wind,’ and known as *Westerlings*.”—*Valentijn*, v. 310.