Indië

Meaning

1. (historical,neuter) the Indies
2. (Indonesia,Netherlands,dated,historical,informal,neuter) the Indies
3. (Netherlands,colloquial,dated,historical,neuter) the Indies
4. (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)

Hyphenated as

In‧di‧e

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnˌdi.ə/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

Ze zijn geëmigreerd naar Indië in tweeduizend en vijf .

They emigrated to India in two thousand and five.