What does «culi» mean in Spanish?

• Also coolí, in India, China and other Eastern countries, low-skilled workers.
• Historically it was also used to name the emigrant from those countries who was hired especially in a British colony, although also French or Dutch. History of the culíes Oriental countries, such as China and India (the latter, a British colony at the time), were very poor by the mid-19th century and suffered great famines; this triggered a great emigration - voluntarily and often not so much - of Chinese and Indians to British, French, Dutch and other colonies: Peru, Chile, Costa Rica, the Guianas, South Africa, Cuba, the United States, Rhodesia, etc.

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