India
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English
Etymology
From Greek Ἰνδία, via Latin India, derived from Ἰνδός, the Indus River. Ἰνδός itself comes from the Persian form Hind (in Sanskrit Sindhu). English since the 9th century (in King Alfred's translation of Orosius).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
India
- The territory east of the river Indus and south of the Himalaya mountains (formerly also known as Hindustan)
- Country in South Asia (Bharat). Official name: Republic of India.
- Formerly applied to America, also pl. Indies (obsolete)
- The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Translations
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- Amharic: ህንድ (Hənd)
- Arabic: Template:ARchar (al-Hind)
- Armenian: Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
- Bosnian: Indija Template:f
- Breton: India
- Catalan: Índia Template:f
- Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
- Danish: Indien
- Dhivehi: އިންޑިއާ Template:Unicode
- Dutch: Indië
- Esperanto: Barato, Hindujo, Hindio, Bharato, Hinda Unio
- Estonian: India
- Finnish: Intia
- French: Inde Template:f
- Georgian: ინდოეთი (Indoeti)
- German: Indien Template:n
- Greek:
- Ancient: Template:Unicode (Indía) Template:f
- Modern: Ινδία (Indía) Template:f
- Gujarati: ભારત (Bhārat), ઈન્ડિયા (Īn.diyā), હિંદ (Hi.nd)
- Hebrew: הודו (Hodu)
- Hindi: भारत (Bhārat), इंडिया (I.n.diyā), हिन्दुस्तान (Hindustān)
- Hungarian: India
- Indonesian: India
- Interlingua: India
- Italian: India Template:f
- Japanese: インド (印度, Indo)
- Kannada: ಭಾರತ (Bhārata)
- Korean: 인도 (Indo)
- Latin: India Template:f
- Malay: India
- Maldivian: Uthuru Kara
- Marathi: भारत (Bhārat)
- Mongolian: Энэтхэг (Enetkheg)
- Norwegian: India
- Novial: India
- Persian: Template:FAchar (Hend), Template:FAchar (Hendostan)
- Polish: Indie
- Portuguese: Índia Template:f
- Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (Bhārat), ਹਿੰਦ (Hi.nd), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (Hi.ndustān)
- Romanian: India Template:f
- Russian: Индия (Índija) Template:f
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: Индија Template:f
- Roman: Indija Template:f
- Sindhi: Template:SDchar (Bharatu), Template:SDchar (Hindustānu), Template:SDchar (Hindu)
- Slovenian: Indija
- Spanish: India Template:f
- Swedish: Indien
- Tamil: இந்தியா (Intiyā)
- Tatar: Hindostan
- Telugu: ఇండియా (Indiyā), భారత దేశము (Bhārata Dēšamu)
- Turkish: Hindistan
- Urdu: Template:URchar (Bhārat), Template:URchar (I.n.diyā), Template:URchar (Hindustān)
- Yiddish: אינדיע (Indie)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Norwegian
Proper noun
India