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Etymology
From Greek Ἰνδία, via Latin India, derived from Ἰνδ��, the Indus River. Ἰνδ�� itself comes from the Pers. FAchar|��د (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|ÄnʹdÄ�É�
IPA|/�ɪndi�/
SAMPA|/"Indi@/
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- The territory east of the river Indus and south of the Himalaya mountains (formerly also known as Hindustan)
- Country in South Asia (Bharat). Official name: Republic of India.
- Formerly applied to America, also pl. Indies (obsolete)
- The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Translations
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Amharic: ��� (H�nd)
Arabic: t-|ar|ا���د|tral-Hind|scARchar
Armenian: Õ�Õ¶Õ¤Õ¯Õ¡Õ½Õ¿Õ¡Õ¶ (Hndkastan)
Bosnian: t-|bs|Indija|f
Breton: India
Catalan: �ndia f
Chinese: �度 (Yìndù)
Croatian: t+|hr|Indija|f
Czech: Indie f
Danish: t-|da|Indien
Dhivehi: �ި�ް�ި�ާ unicode|(In�i��)
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: ������� (Indoeti)
German: t+|de|Indien|n
Greek:
Gujarati: àªàª¾àª°àª¤ (BhÄ�rat), àª�નà«�ડિયા (Īn.diyÄ�), હિàª�દ (Hi.nd)
Hebrew: ���� (Hodu)
Hindi: à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ (BhÄ�rat), à¤�à¤�डिया (I.n.diyÄ�), हिनà¥�दà¥�सà¥�तान (HindustÄ�n)
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
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Japanese: ��� (�度, Indo)
Kannada: à²à²¾à²°à²¤ (BhÄ�rata)
Korean: �� (�度, Indo)
Latin: t+|la|India|f
Malay: t-|ms|India|xs=Malay
Maldivian: Uthuru Kara
Maltese: l-Indja
Marathi: à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ (BhÄ�rat)
Mongolian: ÐнÑ�Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�г (Enetkheg)
Norwegian: t-|no|India
Novial: India
Persian: FAchar|��د (Hend), FAchar|��د�ستا� (Hendostan)
Polish: t-|pl|Indie
Portuguese: t-|pt|�ndia|f
Punjabi: à¨à¨¾à¨°à¨¤ (BhÄ�rat), ਹਿੰਦ (Hi.nd), ਹਿੰਦà©�ਸਤਾਨ (Hi.ndustÄ�n)
Romanian: t-|ro|India|f
Russian: t+|ru|�нди�|f|tr�ndija|scCyrl
Serbian:
Sindhi: SDchar|�ارت (Bharatu), SDchar|��دستا� (Hindust�nu), SDchar|��د (Hindu)
Slovenian: Indija
Spanish: t+|es|India|f
Swedish: t+|sv|Indien
Tamil: �ந�தியா (Intiy�)
Tatar: Hindostan#Tatar|Hindostan
Telugu: à°�à°�డియా (IndiyÄ�), à°à°¾à°°à°¤ à°¦à±�శమà±� (BhÄ�rata DÄ�Å¡amu)
Turkish: t+|tr|Hindistan
Urdu: URchar|بھارت (Bh�rat), URchar|ا���ا (I.n.diy�), URchar|��د�ستا� (Hindust�n)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|Ấn ��|xs=Vietnamese
Yiddish: ×�×�× ×�×�×¢ (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
- #English|India
- 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)
- #English|India
- plural: the Indies
Derived terms
indiano
Category:Italian proper nouns
Category:it:Countries
Norwegian
Proper noun
India
- #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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