India

== Translingual == === Alternative forms === india, INDIA === Etymology === Borrowed from English India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪndia] === Noun === India (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter I. (time zone) UTC+09:00 ==== Translations ==== === References === == English == === Etymology === Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”). Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪndiːə/ (General American) enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA(key): /ˈɪndi.ə/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ɪɳɖ(ɪ)jɑ/ (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) IPA(key): /ɪn̪d̪(ɪ)jɑ/ Rhymes: -ɪndiə === Proper noun === India (plural Indias) A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi. Synonyms: Hindustan, Bharat (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma. A female given name. ==== Usage notes ==== When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification). At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete. ==== Synonyms ==== (Republic of India): Bharat, Hinduland (rare), Hindustan (Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent ==== Meronyms ==== (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa) → Gujarati: ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā) → Hawaiian: ʻĪnia, ʻInia → Hindi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā) → Japanese: インディア → Kannada: ಇಂಡಿಯಾ (iṇḍiyā) → Kashmiri: इंडिया (iṃḍiyā) → Korean: 인디아 (india) → Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ (intya), ഇന്റ്യ (inṟya), ഇന്ദ്യ (indya) → Marathi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā) → Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā) → Yoruba: Íńdíà ==== Translations ==== === See also === Countries of the world Bharat === Anagrams === I and I, NIAID, iniad == Albanian == === Proper noun === India definite nominative singular of Indi == Asturian == === Etymology === Internationalism, ultimately from Latin India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja] Rhymes: -indja Syllabification: In‧dia === Proper noun === India f India (a country in South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== indiu == Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /india/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.a] Rhymes: -ia, -a Hyphenation: In‧di‧a === Proper noun === India inan India (a country in South Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Etymology === Latin India === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) == Central Nahuatl == === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/ Hyphenation: In‧di‧a === Proper noun === India n India (a country in South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== hindoe Indiaas Indiër / Indiase == Faroese == === Etymology === From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪntia/ === Proper noun === India n India (a country in South Asia) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Fiji Hindi == === Etymology === Borrowed from English India. === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan == Galician == === Alternative forms === Índia (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Latin India === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈin̪.d̪jɐ] Rhymes: -indja Hyphenation: In‧dia === Proper noun === India f India (a country in South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== indio == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Latin India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈindijɒ] Hyphenation: In‧di‧a Rhymes: -jɒ === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia; official name: Indiai Köztársaság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Índia, from Old Galician-Portuguese India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈintia/ Rhymes: -intia Syllabification: In‧di‧a === Proper noun === India n India (a country in South Asia) ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === References === == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪndia̯] Hyphenation: In‧dia === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) === See also === === Further reading === “India”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Ingrian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija). === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈindiɑ/, [ˈinde̞] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈindiɑ/, [ˈintiɑ] Rhymes: -indeː, -indiɑ Hyphenation: In‧di‧a === Noun === India India (a country in Asia) ==== Declension ==== == Irish == === Etymology === Latin India === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/ === Proper noun === An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha) India (a country in South Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndia) ==== Usage notes ==== Always preceded by the definite article. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === “India”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “India”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈin.dja/ Rhymes: -indja Hyphenation: Ìn‧dia === Proper noun === India f India (a country in South Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== Indie indiano === References === === Anagrams === daini == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.di.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin.di.a] === Proper noun === India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent) (New Latin) India (a country in South Asia) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Sicilian: Ìnnia → Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā) === References === India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “India”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Malagasy == === Etymology === Latin India === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Latin India === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== Indiahavet ==== Related terms ==== inder indisk == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Latin India === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) ==== Derived terms ==== Indiahavet Bakindia ==== Related terms ==== indar indisk == Old English == === Proper noun === India m alternative form of Indea == Portuguese == === Proper noun === India f pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Índia == Romanian == === Etymology === Latin India === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === India f India (a country in South Asia) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈinɟi̯a] === Proper noun === India f (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica) India (a country in South Asia) === References === “India”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja] Rhymes: -indja Syllabification: In‧dia === Proper noun === India f India (a country in South Asia) ==== Usage notes ==== The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “India”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English India. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === India India (a country in South Asia) Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪndja/ Rhymes: -ɪndja === Proper noun === India f India (a country in South Asia) ==== Usage notes ==== In older, more formal language, this country name is found preceded by the definite article yr. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cnau'r India (“nutmegs”) yr India Ddwyreiniol (“the East Indies”) yr India Orllewinol (“the West Indies”) == Yoruba == === Etymology === From English India. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ĩ́.dí.à/, /í.ŋ́.dí.à/ === Proper noun === Índíà or Íńdíà India (a country in South Asia)