India

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See also: india, Indïa, Índia, and índia

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Etymology[edit]

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India

  1. The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

English[edit]

A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
Flag of India.
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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 هند‎ (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)

  2. A country in South Asia, official name Republic of India.
  3. (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.
  4. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
  5. The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

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.

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Derived terms

Translations[edit]

Bharat — see Bharat

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India (country)

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

India n

  1. India (country)

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Faroese[edit]

Republic of India

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India n

  1. India

Declension[edit]

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative India
Accusative India
Dative India
Genitive India

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Fiji Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India
    Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

Hungarian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative India Indiák
accusative Indiát Indiákat
dative Indiának Indiáknak
instrumental Indiával Indiákkal
causal-final Indiáért Indiákért
translative Indiává Indiákká
terminative Indiáig Indiákig
essive-formal Indiaként Indiákként
essive-modal — —
inessive Indiában Indiákban
superessive Indián Indiákon
adessive Indiánál Indiáknál
illative Indiába Indiákba
sublative Indiára Indiákra
allative Indiához Indiákhoz
elative Indiából Indiákból
delative Indiáról Indiákról
ablative Indiától Indiáktól
Possessive forms of India
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Indiám Indiáim
2nd person sing. Indiád Indiáid
3rd person sing. Indiája Indiái
1st person plural Indiánk Indiáink
2nd person plural Indiátok Indiáitok
3rd person plural Indiájuk Indiáik

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

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

  1. India
    Synonym: Poblacht na hIndia

Usage notes[edit]

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension[edit]

Declension of India

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative India Indiacha
Vocative a India a Indiacha
Genitive India Indiacha
Dative India Indiacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an India na hIndiacha
Genitive na hIndia na nIndiacha
Dative leis an India

don India

leis na hIndiacha

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
India nIndia hIndia not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • “India” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Entries containing “India” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India f (plural Indie)

  1. India
  2. (in the plural): the Indies

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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.

Proper noun[edit]

India f (genitive Indiae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) India (a region of South Asia)
  2. (New Latin) India (the modern country in South Asia)

Inflection[edit]

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative India
Genitive Indiae
Dative Indiae
Accusative Indiam
Ablative Indiā
Vocative India

References[edit]

Malagasy[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Índia

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India (country)

Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/, [ˈĩn̪d̪ja]

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India

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Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English India.

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India
    Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi
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