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See also: india, INDIA, Indïa, Ìndia, Índia, and índia
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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, June 2022, 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
Emblem of India
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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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.
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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
Latin Indiabor.
Old English Indea
English India

    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
    union territories 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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    Internationalism, 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 (inan a-stem)
    indefinite
    absolutive India
    ergative Indiak
    dative Indiari
    genitive Indiaren
    comitative Indiarekin
    causative Indiarengatik
    benefactive Indiarentzat
    instrumental Indiaz
    innesive 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

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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:
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    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‧di‧a
    • 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 —

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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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      countries in Asia: asiatische Land (appendix)edit

      References

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

      Indonesian

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      Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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      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

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      Ingrian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija).

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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)

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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.

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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)

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      Latin

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      Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
      Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
      Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
      Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
      Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
      Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
      Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
      Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
      Latin India

        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. (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

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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

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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:
        Wikipedia es

        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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        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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        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

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        India f

        1. India (a country in South Asia)

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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

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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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