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Desi or Deshi refers to the people and culture of the South Asian diaspora. It includes British Asians, Indian Americans, Pakistani Americans, Bangladeshi Americans, Sri Lankan Americans and any other persons of South Asian heritage — with ancestry from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal or Bangladesh — living outside of South Asia. Emigrants from South Asia, and their descendents, are thus known as Desis. The word is originally from Sanskrit, literally meaning "from the country" or "of the country".