Badaga

/bəˈdɑː.ɡə/ noun

A member of an ethnic group inhabiting the Nilgiri Hills in southern India, or the Dravidian language they speak.

From Tamil and Kannada roots; 'Badaga' literally means 'stranger' or 'newcomer' in those languages, referring to their historical migration into the Nilgiri Hills region.

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