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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

  2. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I.
  3. (nautical) A signal flag for the letter I.
  4. (time) The timezone UTC+09:00.
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codesedit

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 articles on:
Wikipedia Wikipedia

Etymology

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    Learned relatinization of Middle English Inde, Ynde, itself chiefly from Old French Ynde, perhaps partially also continuing Old English India, Indea. All ultimately 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”). Doublet of Indus, Sindhu, Hindu, and Sindh. Doublet of Inde and Hind.

    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], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 3 January 2026:
        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
    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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    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

    Derived terms

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    Fiji Hindi

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English India.

    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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    Etymology tree
    the BMAC substratebor.?
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
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    Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
    Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
    Proto-Iranian *hínduš
    Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
    Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
    Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
    Proto-Hellenic *-íā
    Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
    Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
    Latin Indiader.
    Galician India

      Derived from 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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      See also

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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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        See also

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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:
        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)

        See also

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        countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

        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.

        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)

        Usage notes

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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

        Derived terms

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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.

        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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        References

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        1. ^ “India” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

        Anagrams

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        Latin

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        Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia la

        Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        the BMAC substratebor.?
        Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
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        Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
        Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
        Proto-Iranian *hínduš
        Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
        Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
        Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
        Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
        Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
        Proto-Hellenic *-íā
        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.

          Pronunciation

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          Proper noun

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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

          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)

          Naga Pidgin

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          Etymology

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          Etymology tree
          the BMAC substratebor.?
          Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
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          Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
          Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
          Proto-Iranian *hínduš
          Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)
          Classical Persian هِنْد (hind)
          Old French Yndebor.
          Middle English Inde
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          Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
          Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
          Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
          Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
          Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
          Proto-Hellenic *-íā
          Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
          Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
          Latin Indialbor.
          English Indiabor.
          Naga Pidgin India

            Borrowed from English 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)

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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)

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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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            Etymology tree
            the BMAC substratebor.?
            Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
            ▲
            Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
            Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
            Proto-Iranian *hínduš
            Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
            Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
            Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
            Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
            Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
            Proto-Hellenic *-íā
            Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
            Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
            Latin Indiader.
            Romanian India

              Derived from 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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              • IPA(key): /india/, [ˈindia]
              • Rhymes: -ia
              • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

              Proper noun

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              India f (relational adjective indický, demonym Ind, female demonym Indka)

              1. India (a country in South Asia)

              Declension

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              Declension of India
              (pattern ulica)
              singular
              nominativeIndia
              genitiveIndie
              dativeIndii
              accusativeIndiu
              locativeIndii
              instrumentalIndiou

              Further reading

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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, 2003–2026

              Spanish

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              Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
              Wikipedia es

              Etymology

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              Etymology tree
              the BMAC substratebor.?
              Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
              ▲
              Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
              Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
              Proto-Iranian *hínduš
              Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
              Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
              Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
              Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
              Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
              Proto-Hellenic *-íā
              Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
              Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
              Latin Indialbor.
              Spanish India

                Learned borrowing from Latin India, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

                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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                See also

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                countries in Asia: países de Asia (appendix)edit

                Further reading

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                Swahili

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                Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
                Wikipedia sw

                Etymology

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                Etymology tree
                the BMAC substratebor.?
                Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
                ▲
                Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
                Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.
                Proto-Iranian *hínduš
                Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)
                Classical Persian هِنْد (hind)
                Old French Yndebor.
                Middle English Inde
                ▲
                Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš)bor.
                Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)
                Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
                Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
                Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
                Proto-Hellenic *-íā
                Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
                Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.
                Latin Indialbor.
                English Indiabor.
                Swahili India

                  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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                  countries in Asia: gwledydd Asia (appendix)edit

                  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): /ĩ́.dí.à/, /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

                  Proper noun

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                  Índíà or Íńdíà

                  1. India (a country in South Asia)
                  Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=India&oldid=94540371"