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
code 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:
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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.
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: Hindiyyah, Hindustan, Bharat

  2. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
  3. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
  4. 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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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
  • Hyphenation: 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
  • 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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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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Derived terms

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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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)

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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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)

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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.

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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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

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

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Mutation

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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

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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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Proper noun

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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

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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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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.

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

Descendants

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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

Proper noun

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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

Proper noun

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

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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

Proper noun

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

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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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Etymology

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From Latin India.

Proper noun

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India f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Índia.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Latin India

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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, 2024

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).

Derived terms

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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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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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Proper noun

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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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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): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

Proper noun

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Íńdíà

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
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