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India

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See also: india, INDIA, Indïa, Ìndia, Índia, and índia

Translingual

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India [1]
India [2]
India [3]

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English India.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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India

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I.
  2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter I.
  3. (time zone) UTC+09:00


ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes
Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu
zero one two three (tree) four (fower) five (fife) six seven eight nine (niner) hundred thousand decimal

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English

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A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
Flag of India.
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What is the evidence for direct inheritance from Old English instead of two separate borrowings from Latin?”

Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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India (plural Indias)

  2. A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
    Synonyms: Hindustan, Bharat
    • 2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN‎[1]:
      The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.
  4. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
  5. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
  6. A female given name.

Usage notes

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When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification).

At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete.

Synonyms

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Meronyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Asia (appendix)edit
states of Indiaedit

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Proper noun

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India

  1. definite nominative singular of Indi

Asturian

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Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ast

Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin India

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
  • Rhymes: -indja
  • Syllabification: In‧dia

Proper noun

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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
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Basque

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Basque Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eu

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /india/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun

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India inan

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension

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Declension of India (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive India
ergative Indiak
dative Indiari
genitive Indiaren
comitative Indiarekin
causative Indiarengatik
benefactive Indiarentzat
instrumental Indiaz
inessive Indian
locative Indiako
allative Indiara
terminative Indiaraino
directive Indiarantz
destinative Indiarako
ablative Indiatik
partitive Indiarik
prolative Indiatzat

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Asia: Asiako herrialdeak (appendix)edit

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Latin India

Proper noun

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin India.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun

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India n

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
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Faroese

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Republic of India

Etymology

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From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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India n

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative India
accusative India
dative India
genitive India

Derived terms

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Fiji Hindi

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Etymology

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Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

Proper noun

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

Galician

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Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Latin India

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈin̪.d̪jɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -indja
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun

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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
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Hungarian

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 India on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Latin India.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈindijɒ]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia; official name: Indiai Köztársaság)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative India —
accusative Indiát —
dative Indiának —
instrumental Indiával —
causal-final Indiáért —
translative Indiává —
terminative Indiáig —
essive-formal Indiaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Indiában —
superessive Indián —
adessive Indiánál —
illative Indiába —
sublative Indiára —
allative Indiához —
elative Indiából —
delative Indiáról —
ablative Indiától —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Indiáé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Indiáéi —
Possessive forms of India
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Indiám —
2nd person sing. Indiád —
3rd person sing. Indiája —
1st person plural Indiánk —
2nd person plural Indiátok —
3rd person plural Indiájuk —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Asia: Ázsia országai (appendix)edit

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Índia, from Old Galician-Portuguese India.[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈintia/
    • Rhymes: -intia
    • Syllabification: In‧di‧a

    Proper noun

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    India n

    1. India (a country in South Asia)
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    See also

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    countries in Asia: asiatische Land (appendix)edit

    References

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    1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “India”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 81, column 1

    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia id

    Etymology

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    From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈɪndia̯]
    • Hyphenation: In‧dia

    Proper noun

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    India

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

    See also

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    countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

    Further reading

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    Ingrian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    India

    1. India (a country in Asia)
      • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:
        Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada.
        England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada.

    Declension

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    Declension of India (type 3/kana, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative India —
    genitive Indian —
    partitive Indiaa —
    illative Indiaa —
    inessive Indiaas —
    elative Indiast —
    allative Indialle —
    adessive Indiaal —
    ablative Indialt —
    translative Indiaks —
    essive Indianna, Indiaan —
    exessive1) Indiant —
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

    Irish

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    Etymology

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    Latin India

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    An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)

    1. India (a country in South Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndia)

    Usage notes

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    Always preceded by the definite article.

    Declension

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    Declension of India (fourth declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative India Indiacha
    vocative a India a Indiacha
    genitive India Indiacha
    dative India Indiacha
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an India na hIndiacha
    genitive na hIndia na nIndiacha
    dative leis an India
    don India     		leis na hIndiacha

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of India
    radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
    India nIndia hIndia not applicable

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Italian

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    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia it

    Etymology

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    From Latin India.

    Pronunciation

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    India f

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

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    References

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    1. ^ India in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Anagrams

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    Latin

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    Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia la

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

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    India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension

    1. (Late Latin) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
    2. (New Latin) India (a country in South Asia)

    Declension

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    First-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative India
    genitive Indiae
    dative Indiae
    accusative Indiam
    ablative Indiā
    vocative India

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    References

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    • India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • India in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Malagasy

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    Malagasy Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia mg

    Etymology

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    Latin India

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    India

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia no

    Etymology

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    Latin India

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    India

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    Etymology

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    Latin India

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    India

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

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    Old English

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    Proper noun

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    India m

    1. Alternative form of Indea

    Portuguese

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    Proper noun

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    India f

    1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Índia.

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Latin India

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    India f

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

    Slovak

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    Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sk

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    India f (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica)

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

    References

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    • “India”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

    Spanish

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    Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    India f

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

    Usage notes

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    • The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).

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    Further reading

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    Swahili

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    Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia sw

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English India.

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    India

    1. India (a country in South Asia)
      Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

    Welsh

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    Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia cy

    Pronunciation

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    India f

    1. India (a country in South Asia)

    Usage notes

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    In older, more formal language, this country name is found preceded by the definite article yr.

    Coordinate terms

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    countries in Asia: gwledydd Asia (appendix)edit

    Derived terms

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    Yoruba

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    Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia yo

    Etymology

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    From English India.

    Pronunciation

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    IPA(key): /ĩ́.dí.à/, /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

    Proper noun

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    Índíà or Íńdíà

    1. India (a country in South Asia)
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