Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture. ... Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for these groups of people is Native American.

What are Indians called?

Indian or Indians refers to people or things related to India, or to the indigenous people of the Americas, or Aboriginal Australians until the 19th century.

Who were Indian?

American Indian, also called Indian, Native American, indigenous American, aboriginal American, Amerindian, or Amerind, member of any of the aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere.