India

• india

From English India.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪndia][1]

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

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”).

• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪə̯/, /ˈɪɳ.ɖɪ.jaː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪə/
• (General American) enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.di.ə/

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India (plural Indias)

1. A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
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

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.

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

• (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh

• → Gujarati: ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā)
• → Hawaiian: ʻĪnia, ʻInia
• → Hindi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
• → Bengali: ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa)
• → Japanese: インディア
• → Kannada: ಇಂಡಿಯಾ (iṇḍiyā)
• → Kashmiri: इंडिया (iṃḍiyā)
• → Korean: 인디아 (india)
• → Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ (intya), ഇന്റ്യ (inṟya), ഇന്ദ്യ (indya)
• → Marathi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
• → Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)
• → Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
• (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala／Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}
• Bharat

• I and I, NIAID, iniad

India

1. definite nominative singular of Indi

Ultimately from Latin India

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

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• indiu

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

India inan

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• (countries of Asia) Asiako herrialdeak; Afganistan, Arabiar Emirerri Batuak, Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Bhutan, Birmania, Brunei, Ekialdeko Timor, Errusia, Filipinak, Georgia, Hego Korea, India, Indonesia, Ipar Korea, Iran, Irak, Israel, Japonia, Jordania, Kanbodia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Kuwait, Laos, Libano, Malaysia, Maldivas, Mongolia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapur, Siria, Sri Lanka, Tadjikistan, Taiwan, Thailandia, Turkia, Turkmenistan, Txina, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, Zipre,

Latin India

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Latin India

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/

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• Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

India n

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• hindoe
• Indiaas
• Indiër / Indiase

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntia/

India n

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

• Índia (reintegrationist)

Latin India

• IPA^(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈin̪.d̪jɐ]

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• Rhymes: -indja
• Hyphenation: In‧dia

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• indio

Latin India

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

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• indiai

• Indiai Köztársaság

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”).

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

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania

• “India” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈindiɑ/, [ˈinde̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈindiɑ/, [ˈintiɑ]
• Rhymes: -indeː, -indiɑ
• Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

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.

Latin India

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/

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

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

Always preceded by the definite article.

• “India”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “India” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

From Latin India.

• IPA^(key): /ˈin.dja/
• Rhymes: -indja
• Hyphenation: Ìn‧dia

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• Indie
• indiano

• daini

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.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.a/, [ˈɪn̪d̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.a/, [ˈin̪d̪iä]

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)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Sicilian: Ìnnia

• 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.

Latin India

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Latin India

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• Indiahavet

• inder
• indisk

Latin India

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• Indiahavet

• indar
• indisk

From Latin India.

India f

1. Obsolete spelling of Índia

Latin India

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India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• IPA^(key): [ˈinɟi̯a]

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

1. India (a country in South Asia)

• “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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]

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• Rhymes: -indja
• Syllabification: In‧dia

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

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

• “India”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English India.

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India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndja/
• Rhymes: -ɪndja

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

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

• (countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Corea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Gogledd Corea, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrkmenistan, Wsbecistan

• cnau'r India (“nutmegs”)

From English India.

IPA^(key): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

Íńdíà

1. India (a country in South Asia)