India

Betekenis

1. A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
2. A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
3. A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
4. A female given name

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɪndɪ.ə/

Etimologie

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”).

Sinne

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

It is one of the protected monuments in Kerala under Archaeological Survey of India .