Amerindian - Amerindian

Japanese: アメリンディアン - あめりんでぃあん
Amerindian - Amerindian

…The name Indian comes from the fact that Columbus, who discovered the New World, believed it to be the Indies and wrote the natives as Indians in his report to the King of Spain. They are also called Amerindians or Amerinds. It is believed that the ancestors of the Indians came to the New World via the current Bering Sea region and then dispersed throughout both North and South America. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amerindian" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インディオという呼称は,新大陸を発見したコロンブスが,そこをインディアスと信じ,スペイン国王への報告書に原住民のことをインディオと書いたことに由来する。別称として〈アメリンディアンAmerindian〉〈アメリンドAmerind〉ともいう。 インディアンの祖先は,現在のベーリング海地域を経由して新大陸に渡来し,のち南・北両アメリカ各地に分散したと考えられている。…

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