India

See also: india, Indïa, Índia, and índia

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A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.

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Etymology[edit]

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 Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

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

Pronunciation[edit]

enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA^(key): /ˈɪndi.ə/
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Proper noun[edit]

India (plural Indias)

A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India.
(chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) An area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
(historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
A female given name

Usage notes[edit]

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.

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[edit]

(Republic of India): Bharat, Hindustan
(Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent

Meronyms[edit]

(the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Translations[edit]

the country

Abkhaz: Индиа (Indiā)
Adyghe: Индие (Indie)
Afrikaans: Indië (af)
Albanian: India (sq) f, Indi f
Amharic: ህንድ (hənd)
Arabic: اَلْهِنْد‎ f (al-hind)
Aragonese: India f
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܗܢܕܘ‎
Armenian: Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
Assamese: ভাৰত (bharot)
Asturian: India (ast) f
Aymara: Indya
Azerbaijani: Hindistan (az)
Bashkir: Һиндостан (Hindostan)
Belarusian: І́ндыя f (Índyja)
Bengali: ভারত (bn) (bharôt)
Bihari: भारत (bhārat)
Bislama: India
Bodo (India): भारत (Bhārôt)
Brahui: Inđíá
Breton: India
Bulgarian: И́ндия (bg) f (Índija)
Burmese: အိန္ဒိယ (indi.ya.)
Buryat: Энэдхэг (Enedxeg)
Catalan: Índia (ca) f
Chechen: Инди (Indi)
Cherokee: ᎢᏂᏗᎢᎠ (inidiia)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 印度 (jan³ dou⁶)

Hakka: 印度 (Yin-thu)

Mandarin: 印度 (zh) (Yìndù)

Min Dong: 印度 (Éng-dô)

Min Nan: 印度 (Ìn-tō͘)

Wu: 印度 (in du)
Coptic: ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ (hentou)
Crimean Tatar: İndistan
Czech: Indie (cs) f
Danish: Indien (da)
Dhivehi: އިންޑިއާ‎ (inḍiā), ހިންދުސްތާނު‎ (dv) (hindustānu)
Dinka: Indiɛn
Dogri: भारत (bhārat)
Dutch: India (nl) n
Dzongkha: རྒྱ་གར་ (rgya gar)
Egyptian:

(hndwꜣy)
Esperanto: Barato (eo), Hindio (dated), Hindujo (dated)
Estonian: India (et)
Faroese: India n
Finnish: Intia (fi)
French: Inde (fr) f
Old French: Ynde f, Inde
Galician: India (gl) f
Georgian: ინდოეთი (ka) (indoeti)
German: Indien (de) n
Greek: Ινδία (el) f (Indía)
Ancient: Ἰνδία (Indía)
Gujarati: ભારત (gu) (bhārat), ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā), હિંદ (hind)
Hausa: Indiya
Hawaiian: ʻĪnia
Hebrew: הודו / הֹדּוּ‎ (he) f (hódu)
Hindi: भारत (hi) m (bhārat), इंडिया (hi) m (iṇḍiyā), हिन्दुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān), हिंदुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān), (formal) भारतवर्ष (hi) m (bhāratvarṣ), (dated) हिंद (hi) m (hind), हिन्द (hi) m (hind)
Hungarian: India (hu)
Icelandic: Indland (is) n
Indonesian: India (id)
Ingush: Хӏиндиче (Hindiče)
Interlingua: India
Irish: An India f, Poblacht na hIndia f
Italian: India (it) f
Japanese: インド (ja) (Indo), (dated) 印度 (ja) (いんど, Indo)
Kamba: India
Kannada: ಭಾರತ (kn) (bhārata), (official) ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ (bhārata gaṇarājya), ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ಥಾನ (hindūsthāna)
Kashmiri: بًارت‎ (bًاrt), ہندُستٲن‎ (hndustạ̄n)
Kashubian: Indie f
Kazakh: Үндістан (Ündistan)
Khmer: ឥណ្ឌា (km) (ʼəndiə), ឥណ្ឌៀ (km) (ʼəndiə)
Kikuyu: India
Konkani: भारत (bharot)
Korean: 인도 (Indo) (印度 (ko))
Kumyk: Гьиндистан (Hindistan)
Kyrgyz: Индия (ky) (İndiya)
Lak: Гьиндусттан (Hindust̄an)
Lao: ອິນເດຍ (lo) (ʼin dīa), ອິນເດັຽ (ʼin dīa)
Latin: India (la) f

Latvian: Indija f
Lithuanian: Indija (lt) f
Luo: India
Luxembourgish: Indien
Lü: ᦊᦲᧃᧈᦎᦴᧈ (ẏiin¹ṫuu¹)
Macedonian: Индија (mk) f (Indija)
Maithili: भारत (bhārat)
Malagasy: India (mg)
Malay: India
Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ (ml) (intya), ഭാരതം (ml) (bhārataṃ)
Maltese: l-Indja
Manipuri: ভারত (bharôt)
Marathi: भारत (bhārat)
Meru: India
Middle Persian: hndwkʾn' (Hindūgān)
Mongolian: Энэтхэг (Enetheg)
Uyghurjin: ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ (enedkeg)
Navajo: Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Innia f
Nepali: भारत (ne) (bhārat)
Newar: भारत (bhārata)
Norman: Înde f
Norwegian: India (no)
Novial: India
Occitan: Índia (oc) f
Old English: Indea
Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hidūš)
Oriya: ଭାରତ (or) (bharôtô)
Ossetian: Инди (Indi)
Parthian: 𐭇𐭍𐭃𐭎𐭕𐭍‎ (hindestān)
Pashto: هند‎ (ps) m (hend), انډيا‎ f (endyā), هندوستان‎ m (hendustãn)
Persian: هند‎ (fa) (hend), هندوستان‎ (fa) (hendustân)
Polish: Indie (pl) f pl
Portuguese: Índia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat), ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
Romani: Indiya, Pharatiya
Romanian: India (ro) f
Russian: И́ндия (ru) f (Índija)
Rusyn: І́ндія f (Índija)
Samogitian: Indėjė
Sanskrit: भारत (sa) n (bhārata), भारतवर्ष (sa) n (bhāratavarṣa)
Santali: ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ (siñôt)
Scots: Indie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ѝндија f

Roman: Ìndija (sh) f
Silesian: Indyje f
Sindhi: ڀارت‎ (bharatu), هندستان‎ (hindustānu), هند‎ (hindu)
Sinhalese: භාරත් (bhārat), ඉන්දියාව (indiyāva)
Slovak: India (sk) f
Slovene: Índija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Indiska f

Upper Sorbian: Indiska f
Spanish: India (es) f
Swahili: India (sw), Hindi (sw), Uhindi
Swedish: Indien (sv)
Tagalog: Indiya
Tajik: Ҳиндустон (tg) (Hinduston), Ҳинд (Hind)
Tamil: இந்தியா (ta) (intiyā), பாரத் (pārat)
Tatar: Хиндостан (Xindostan)
Telugu: ఇండియా (te) (iṇḍiyā), భారత దేశము (te) (bhārata dēśamu), భారత (te) (bhārata)
Thai: อินเดีย (th) (in-diia)
Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar), ཧིན་དྷུ (hin dhu)
Tongan: ʻInitia
Turkish: Hindistan (tr)
Turkmen: Hindistan
Cyrillic: Хиндистан
Ukrainian: І́ндія (uk) f (Índija)
Urdu: بھارت‎ (ur) m (bhārat), انڈیا‎ m (inḍiyā), ہندوستان‎ m (hindustān), ہند‎ m (hind)
Uyghur: ھىندىستان‎ (hindistan), ئەنەتكەك‎ (enetkek) (archaic)
Cyrillic: Һиндстан (Hindstan)
Uzbek: Hindiston (uz)
Vietnamese: Ấn Độ (vi) (印度)
Welsh: India (cy)
Western Panjabi: ھندستان‎ (pnb), بھارت‎
Yakut: Үүндүйэ (Üündüye)
Yiddish: אינדיע‎ (indye)
Yoruba: India
Zazaki: Hindıstan
Zhuang: Yindu

the letter "I"

Estonian: India (et)
Finnish: Iivari (fi)

Italian: Imola
Russian: Ива́н (ru) m (Iván)

Bharat — see Bharat

Anagrams[edit]

I and I, NIAID, iniad