Neuter
Indië
Sentences
Ze zijn geëmigreerd naar Indië in tweeduizend 2000 en vijf 5 .
2000
5
They emigrated to India in two thousand and five.
Meaning
- (Indonesia, Netherlands, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, ellipsis, historical, informal, neuter) the Indies
- (Indonesia, Netherlands, colloquial, dated, historical, informal, metonymically, neuter) the Indies
- (Netherlands, dated, historical, informal, neuter) the Indies
- (historical, neuter, rare) the Indies
- (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)
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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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