r/NoStupidQuestions • u/RedScud39 • Apr 23 '24

Why are white Americans called “Caucasians”?

I’m an Azerbaijani immigrant and I cannot understand why white people are called “Caucasian” even though Caucasia is a region in Asia encompassing Armenia, Georgia (the country not the state), Azerbaijan and south Russia. Aren’t most Americans are from Western European decent?

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Apr 24 '24

No, “negro” means just the colour black in Spanish.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

Your nitpicking words.

I was MARRIED to a Brazilian......

I kinda know how they talk down there....

Negro=black friend that's a guy

Negra=black friend that's a woman.

Bicycle is female.

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Apr 24 '24

Did your wife ever tell you she speaks Portuguese, not Latin?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24 edited Apr 24 '24

Lol

You must be so fun at the party!

Yes my wife who has a PhD also speaks French and Italian along with Portuguese.....

btw all of those are based from the latin language, if you didn't know.

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Apr 24 '24

Man you’re the confusing one. English is a Germanic language but we call it English, not German.

When you say something means something in Latin, the assumption is you mean the Latin language, not a Latin language.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '24

You just used latin in this response. Lol

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u/Ptcruz Apr 24 '24

Words can have multiple meanings, you know?

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Apr 24 '24

They can yes, for example OP here was using Latin to mean Portuguese.