Indian

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Adj

1. Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
2. (obsolete) Eastern; Oriental.
3. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
4. Made with Indian corn or maize.
5. Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.

Noun

1. A person from India.
2. An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
3. An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
4. Indian cuisine; traditional Indian food.
5. (colloquial) A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant.
6. (colloquial) An Indian restaurant.
7. Short for Mardi Gras Indian.

Name

1. Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
2. Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.

Được gạch nối như

In‧di‧an

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˈɪɳ.ɖɪə̯n/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

From Anglo-Norman indien, Middle French indien, corresponding to Ind + -ian. Applied to inhabitants of the Americas due to an early misconception that the Americas were the eastern end of Asia / the Indies (hence also the designation of Caribbean islands as the West Indies).

Câu

Philip knew that she was not an Indian .

Philip biết rằng cô không phải là người Ấn Độ.