[SoCalRight]

I read once that the whole business of Columbus thinking he had found India, thus the naming of “The Indians”, was not at all the case, that Columbus called the indigenous people “Los Indios” which mean “those in God” or the Godly. I wonder if it’s true. Any professors out there?

[cll]

Indios or indians from the West Indies. Columbus, et al, started naming the islands the West Indies almost as soon they figured they had bumped into something new, not the East Indies (the only Indies at the time) they intended.

And no, I am not a professor nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. But I do live in the West Indies.

[elhombrelibre]

Colombus spoke Italian, and probably Latin and Spanish. The word for “God” in Spanish is “Dio,” not “Indios.” “Indios” is indeed Indians in Spanish.