Indo
English
Noun
Indo (plural Indos)
- A Eurasian person living in or connected with Indonesia, especially (historical) a person in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but was of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent, or a descendant of such a person.
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of Indo-Europeaan (“Indonesian-European”), from Indo- (“Indonesian”) + Europeaan (“European”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪn.doː/
- Hyphenation: In‧do
Noun
Indo m (plural Indo's, diminutive Indootje n)
- A person of partially native Indonesian and partially European descent.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- indorock
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Indo (“A person of mixed Indonesian and European descent”), from Latin indo- (“India, East Indies”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪndo/
- Rhymes: -do, -o
- Hyphenation: In‧do
Proper noun
Indo
- Indo-Europeaan: a person of mixed Indonesian and European descent.
- clipping of Indonesia
Further reading
- “Indo” 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.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós).
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿduš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus or Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindo/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -indo
- Syllabification: In‧do
Proper noun
Indo m
Derived terms
Related terms
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