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'''Gora''' (or '''gaura''') is a [[South Asian]] adjective for a yellow-skinned or light-brown person, whether from [[India]], [[Pakistan]] or other regions. The word literally means "white" or "fair-skinned" in [[Indo-Aryan languages]] like [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] ([[Hindi-Urdu]]), and [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. It can refer to fair skinned people of their own ethnic groups and the adajacent ethnic groups (Pashtuns and Balochis) but it later has refered to people of or appear to be of Nothern Europaen descent (specifically the european peoples of Germano-celtic heritage with a distinctly nordic appearence) such as the British. |
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Although the word distinctly means "yellowish", it is sometimes used informally to include any light-skinned person, whether light-brown, yellow or even white. In place names that date back to the colonial era - there are a number of graveyards in Pakistan such as the Gora Qabristan (the lighter-skinned graveyard) in [[Peshawar]],<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/050612/dmag7.htm A vanishing landmark]</ref> the Gora Kabrastan in [[Karachi]],<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/archive/031002/review6.htm Grave business]</ref> as well as one in [[Chillianwala]], the site of a [[Battle of Chillianwala|famous battle]] involving the [[British East India Company]].<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/030824/dmag11.htm Battlefields of Chillianwallah]</ref> |
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According to the ''Natyasastra'', an Indian text, the term refers to "yellowish-reddish".<ref>''Studies in the Nāṭyaśāstra : with special reference to the Sanskrit drama in performance'', G.H. Tārḷekar, p. 138</ref> Because of Sri [[Chaitanya]] Mahaprabhu's explicitly yellow skin, he was termed "Gauranga".<ref> P. 52 ''Chaitanya Mahaprabhu'' By Prem Lata </ref> |
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==Usage in Britain and among anglophones on the Subcontinent== |
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The term ''gora'' is often used by [[British Asian]]s and among English-speaking South Asians in the Subcontinent to refer to [[white people]], the feminine form being '''''gori'''''.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/linguists-get-chuddies-in-twist-over-dialects-568408.html ''The Independent'', 1 April 2004]</ref>{{dead link|date=August 2012}} The plural term ''gore'' is also used to refer to white people of both genders. In this form it has taken on racial connotations so has acquired the status of a slur, though it is not inherently pejorative. |
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==Usage in Sikhism== |
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The term has been used to describe [[Sikh]]s of non-[[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] descent, especially [[White American]]s.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=YN9jC2_7UHYC&pg=PA985&lpg=PA985&dq=gora+sikhs+united+states&source=bl&ots=Bfint1_Hrt&sig=dEGyiSAjxd117ZpofR8cpYctX9I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VIcqUJ2YAoHA6AHB74GoDQ&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=gora%20sikhs%20united%20states&f=false</ref> |
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==References== |
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