Why are the people of West Indies called West Indians? Are they originally from India?
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No, they are not originally from India. From Wikipedia: "These islands are called the West Indies because when Christopher Columbus landed here in 1492 he believed that he had reached the Indies (in Asia)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean