Gentoo

Etymology
Of Anglo-Indian origin (17th century), apparently a borrowing from (compare ).

Noun

 * 1)  A non-Muslim inhabitant of India, a Hindu; specifically, in Southern India, a speaker of Telugu.
 * 2) * 1841,, “Spiritual Laws” in Essays (First Series), Boston: James Munroe, p.133,
 * The poor mind does not seem to itself to be any thing, unless it have an outside badge, — some Gentoo diet, or Quaker coat, or Calvinistic prayer- meeting, or philanthropic society, or a great donation, or a high office, or, any how, some wild contrasting action to testify that it is somewhat.
 * 1) The gentoo penguin, a species of penguin.
 * 1) The gentoo penguin, a species of penguin.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Telugu language.