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Webster 1913 Edition
India
In′di-a
,Noun.
[See
Indian
.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan.
India ink
, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also
– China ink
. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia
. India matting
, floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; – also called
– Canton matting
or China matting
. India paper
, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc.
– India proof
(Engraving)
, a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper.
– India rubber
. See
– Caoutchouc
. India-rubber tree
(Bot.)
, any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian
Ficus elastica
, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.Webster 1828 Edition
India
IN'DIA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
India
India
Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindiˑɑ]
Symbol
India
- The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
English
A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
Flag of India.
Proper noun
India (plural Indias)
- A country in South Asia, official name Republic of India, and its territory.
- (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) An area of land in Southern 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, Nepal and Burma.
- The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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.
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, Hindustan
- (Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent
Meronyms
- (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Translations
the country
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Bharat — see Bharat
See also
- (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Category: en:States of India)
- Bharat
- Urdu
- Countries of the world
- Appendix:Place names in India
Anagrams
Faroese
Republic of India
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
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | India |
| Accusative | India |
| Dative | India |
| Genitive | India |
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindiʲɒ]
- Hyphenation: In‧dia
Proper noun
India
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | India | Indiák |
| accusative | Indiát | Indiákat |
| dative | Indiának | Indiáknak |
| instrumental | Indiával | Indiákkal |
| causal-final | Indiáért | Indiákért |
| translative | Indiává | Indiákká |
| terminative | Indiáig | Indiákig |
| essive-formal | Indiaként | Indiákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Indiában | Indiákban |
| superessive | Indián | Indiákon |
| adessive | Indiánál | Indiáknál |
| illative | Indiába | Indiákba |
| sublative | Indiára | Indiákra |
| allative | Indiához | Indiákhoz |
| elative | Indiából | Indiákból |
| delative | Indiáról | Indiákról |
| ablative | Indiától | Indiáktól |
| Possessive forms of India | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Indiám | Indiáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Indiád | Indiáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Indiája | Indiái |
| 1st person plural | Indiánk | Indiáink |
| 2nd person plural | Indiátok | Indiáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Indiájuk | Indiáik |
Related terms
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/
Proper noun
an India f (genitive India)
Declension
Declension of India
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- Indiach (“Indian”)
- na hIndiacha (“the Indies”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| India | nIndia | hIndia | tIndia |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Latin
Proper noun
India f (genitive Indiae); first declension
- (Late Latin) India (a region of South Asia)
- (New Latin) India (the modern country in South Asia)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | India |
| genitive | Indiae |
| dative | Indiae |
| accusative | Indiam |
| ablative | Indiā |
| vocative | India |
References
- India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “India”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.