India

Translingual

India
India
India

Alternative forms

• india

Etymology

From English India.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

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

Translations

References

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

India (word)

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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

  • Audio (US)

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Proper noun

India (plural Indias)

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

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

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

Meronyms

• (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh

Derived terms

Descendants

• → 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)

Translations

See also

• 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

Anagrams

• I and I, NIAID, iniad

Albanian

Proper noun

India

1. definite nominative singular of Indi

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin India

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindja/,
• Rhymes: -indja
• Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• indiu

Basque

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^eu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /india/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun

India inan

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• (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,

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Latin India

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Dutch

Etymology

Latin India

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun

India n

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• hindoe
• Indiaas
• Indiër / Indiase

Faroese

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪntia/

Proper noun

India n

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension

Derived terms

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^gl

Alternative forms

• Índia (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Latin India

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -indja
• Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• indio

Hungarian

 India on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin India

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension

Derived terms

• indiai

See also

• Indiai Köztársaság

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

See also

• (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

Further reading

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

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Irish

Etymology

Latin India

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/

Proper noun

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

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

Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

• “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.

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Latin India.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

• Indie
• indiano

Anagrams

• daini

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

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

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

Proper noun

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

First-declension noun, singular only.

Descendants

• Sicilian: Ìnnia

References

• 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

Malagasy Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^mg

Etymology

Latin India

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Latin India

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

• Indiahavet

Related terms

• inder
• indisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

Latin India

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms

• Indiahavet

Related terms

• indar
• indisk

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin India.

Proper noun

India f

1. Obsolete spelling of Índia

Romanian

Etymology

Latin India

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

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

1. India (a country in South Asia)

References

• “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

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈindja/

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -indja
• Syllabification: In‧dia

Proper noun

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

Borrowed from English India.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Proper noun

India

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

Welsh

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^cy

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

India f

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Usage notes

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

Coordinate terms

• (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

Derived terms

• cnau'r India (“nutmegs”)

Yoruba

Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:

Íńdíà

Wikipedia ^yo

Etymology

From English India.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

Proper noun

Íńdíà

1. India (a country in South Asia)