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Etymology

Noun: 1495 Yndeens or Indes, 1548 Indyans, 1553 Indians, 1611 Indian. Adjective: 1566. India +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Indian (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to India or its people.
  2. Of or related to the indigenous peoples of the Americas (but not the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Noun

Indian (plural Indians)

  1. Person from India.
  2. A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
    • 1819-1820 Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon:
      We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.
  3. (obsolete) An Australian Aborigine.
  4. (obsolete) A Maori.
  5. (UK) An Indian meal.
    We're going out tonight for an Indian.

Synonyms

Translations

a person from India
  • Arabic: هندي ar(ar) (hindiy) m., هندية ar(ar) (hindíyya) f.
  • Armenian: հնդիկ hy(hy) (hndik)
  • Catalan: indi,m. índia f.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 印度人 cmn(cmn) (Yìndù-rén)
  • Croatian: Indíjac hr(hr) m., Ìndījka hr(hr) f.
  • Czech: Ind cs(cs) m., Indka cs(cs) f.
  • Dutch: Indiër m., Indische f.
  • Finnish: intialainen fi(fi)
  • French: Indien fr(fr) m., Indienne fr(fr) f.
  • German: Inder de(de) m., Inderin de(de) f.
  • Greek: Ινδός (Indós) m., Ινδή (Indí) f.
  • Hindi: भारतीय hi(hi) (bhārtīy), हिन्दुस्तानी hi(hi) (hindustānī)
  • Hungarian: indiai hu(hu), indus hu(hu)
  • Indonesian: orang india
  • Interlingua: indiano
  • Italian: indiano it(it) m., indiana it(it) f.
  • Japanese: インド人 (indo-jin), 印度人 ja(ja) (いんどじん,Indo-jin)
  • Macedonian: Индиец mk(mk) (Índiec) m., Индијка mk(mk) (Índijka) f.
  • Malayalam: bharateeyan
  • Norwegian: inder no(no) m.
  • Polish: Hindus pl(pl) m., Hinduska pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: hindu pt(pt), indiano pt(pt)
  • Romanian: indian m., indianca f., indieni m. pl., indience f. pl.
  • Russian: индиец ru(ru) (indíjec) m., индианка ru(ru) (indiánka) f., (colloquial) индус ru(ru) (indús) m., индуска ru(ru) (indúska) (normal meaning: Hindu)
  • Scottish Gaelic: Innseanach gd(gd) m.
  • Slovene: Indijec sl(sl) m., Indijka sl(sl) f.
  • Spanish: indio es(es) m., india es(es) f.
  • Swedish: indier sv(sv)
  • Telugu: భారతీయుడు (bhaarateeyuDu)
  • Thai: คนอินเดีย th(th) (kon india)
  • Turkish: hintli
  • Ukrainian: індієць uk(uk) (indíjec’) m.
  • Urdu: بھارتی ur(ur) (bhārtīy), ہندوستانی ur(ur) (hindustānī)
  • Vietnamese: người Ấn độ vi(vi)
Individual of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas
  • Navajo: diné
  • Norwegian: indianer no(no) m.
  • Polish: Indianin pl(pl) m., Indianka pl(pl) f.
  • Portuguese: índio m., índia f., indígena m. and f.
  • Romanian: indian, amerindian m., indianca, amerindiana f., indieni, amerindieni m. pl., indience, amerindiene f. pl.
  • Russian: индеец ru(ru) (indéjec) m., индианка ru(ru) (indiánka) f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: Innseanach gd(gd) m.
  • Slovene: Indijanec sl(sl) m., Indijanka sl(sl) f.
  • Spanish: indio es(es)
  • Swedish: indian sv(sv)
  • Taos: t’óyna
  • Turkish: kızılderili
  • Ukrainian: індіанець uk(uk) (indiánec’) m., індіянець uk(uk) (indijánec’) m., індіанин uk(uk) (indijányn) m., індіянин uk(uk) (indijanýn) m.
  • Western Apache: nnéé, nnee, nndee, ndee, indee

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Adjective

Indian Indian (no comparative or superlative)

  1. Indian (of India)
  2. Indian (of aboriginal people)

 

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