India
Meaning
- A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
- A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
- A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
- A female given name
Synonyms
the Republic of India
Bengali script
Gujarati script
Marāthi
Oriya script
𐐆𐑌𐐼𐐨𐐲
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪndɪ.ə/
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”).
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