Neuter

Indië

Meaning

  1. (Indonesia, Netherlands, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis, historical, informal, neuter) the Indies
  2. (Indonesia, Netherlands, colloquial, dated, historical, informal, metonymically, neuter) the Indies
  3. (Netherlands, dated, historical, informal, neuter) the Indies
  4. (historical, neuter, rare) the Indies
  5. (dated, neuter) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪnˌdi.ə/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

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