India

Pronunciation

• enPR: Ä­nʹdÄ“É™, IPA: /ˈɪndiÉ™/

Origin

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ἰνδός (Indos, "Indus River"), from Old Persian

n

dūš|lang=peo} (Persian هند) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, "a river, stream").

Full definition of India

Proper noun

1. The territory east of the Wagah border and south of the Himalaya mountains (formerly also known as Hindustani Empire)
2. Country in Southern Asia (Bharat). Official name: Republic of India.
3. Formerly applied to America, also plural Indies (obsolete)
4. The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Derived terms

• Indian
• Indiana
• India matting
• India paper
• India proof
• india rubber

Anagrams

• I and I
• NIAID