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Complete Definition of "India"

see|india
Image:Map India.png|thumb|right|A map of India
English
wikipedia
wikipedia|India (word)

Etymology
From Greek Ἰνδία, via Latin India, derived from Ἰνδός, the Indus River. Ἰνδός itself comes from the Pers. FAchar|هند (Hend) (in Sanskrit sindhu, river). English in the 9th century (in King Alfred's translation of Orosius), and again since the 17th century.

Pronunciation
AHD|ĭnʹdēə
IPA|/ˈɪndiə/
SAMPA|/"Indi@/

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. The territory east of the river Indus and south of the Himalaya mountains (formerly also known as Hindustan)
  2. Country in South Asia (Bharat). Official name: Republic of India.
  3. Formerly applied to America, also pl. Indies (obsolete)
  4. The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Translations
trans-top|the country
Amharic: ህንድ (Hənd)
Arabic: t-|ar|الهند|tral-Hind|scARchar
Armenian: Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
Bosnian: t-|bs|Indija|f
Breton: India
Catalan: Índia f
Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)

Croatian: t+|hr|Indija|f
Czech: Indie f
Danish: t-|da|Indien
Dhivehi: އިންޑިއާ unicode|(Inḋi’ā)
Dutch: t+|nl|India
Esperanto: t-|eo|Barato|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|Hindujo|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|Hindio|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|Bharato|xsEsperanto, t-|eo|Hinda Unio|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|India
Finnish: t+|fi|Intia
French: t+|fr|Inde|f
Georgian: ინდოეთი (Indoeti)
German: t+|de|Indien|n
Greek:

Gujarati: ભારત (Bhārat), ઈન્ડિયા (Īn.diyā), હિંદ (Hi.nd)
Hebrew: הודו (Hodu)
Hindi: भारत (Bhārat), इंडिया (I.n.diyā), हिन्दुस्तान (Hindustān)
Hungarian: t+|hu|India
Indonesian: t-|id|India|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: India#Interlingua|India
Irish: t-|ga|India|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|India|f
trans-mid
Japanese: インド (印度, Indo)
Kannada: ಭಾರತ (Bhārata)
Korean: 인도 (印度, Indo)
Latin: t+|la|India|f
Malay: t-|ms|India|xs=Malay
Maldivian: Uthuru Kara
Maltese: l-Indja
Marathi: भारत (Bhārat)
Mongolian: Энэтхэг (Enetkheg)
Norwegian: t-|no|India
Novial: India
Persian: FAchar|هند (Hend), FAchar|هندوستان (Hendostan)
Polish: t-|pl|Indie
Portuguese: t-|pt|Índia|f
Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (Bhārat), ਹਿੰਦ (Hi.nd), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (Hi.ndustān)
Romanian: t-|ro|India|f
Russian: t+|ru|Индия|f|trÍndija|scCyrl
Serbian:

Sindhi: SDchar|ڀارت (Bharatu), SDchar|هندستان (Hindustānu), SDchar|هند (Hindu)
Slovenian: Indija
Spanish: t+|es|India|f
Swedish: t+|sv|Indien
Tamil: இந்தியா (Intiyā)
Tatar: Hindostan#Tatar|Hindostan
Telugu: ఇండియా (Indiyā), భారత దేశము (Bhārata Dēšamu)
Turkish: t+|tr|Hindistan
Urdu: URchar|بھارت (Bhārat), URchar|انڈیا (I.n.diyā), URchar|ہندوستان (Hindustān)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|Ấn Độ|xs=Vietnamese
Yiddish: אינדיע (Indie)
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Derived terms
Indian
Indiana

Related terms
Bharat
Hind
Hindi
Hindu
Indies
Hindustani
Sindhu
Urdu

See also
Countries of the world

Category:Countries


Irish

Proper noun
India f; plural Indiacha

  1. #English|India
  2. plural: the Indies

Usage notes
Like most country names, this is always used with the definite article in Irish.

Declension
ga noun f4|I|ndia|ndiacha


Italian

Proper noun
India f (plural Indie)

  1. #English|India
  2. plural: the Indies

Derived terms
indiano

Category:Italian proper nouns
Category:it:Countries


Norwegian

Proper noun
India

  1. #English|India

Related terms
inder
indisk

Category:no:Countries

zh-min-nan:India
bg:India
de:India
et:India
el:India
es:India
fr:India
gu:India
ko:India
hi:India
io:India
is:India
it:India
la:India
li:India
hu:India
nl:India
ja:India
pl:India
pt:India
ru:India
sr:India
fi:India
sv:India
tr:India
zh:India

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