Indiana Jones

English Etymology After the fictional archaeologist Indiana Jones (character) Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., protagonist of a series of action films since 1981, named after its creator George Lucas’s dog Indiana. Pronunciation en əʊnz 5 Noun An expert in some scholarly subject who makes daring explorations. en There are many Indiana Joneses in the fields of science, history, and art who are willing to find ancient artifacts and remains. en 2016 Renate Dohmen Encounters Beyond the Gallery Their sights firmly set on unlocking their mysteries, these Indiana Joneses, it seems, summarily failed to solve the riddle – returning empty-handed to the shores of Western academe en 2018 Daniel Lewis Belonging on an Island 22 Ambitious and hard-charging—an Indiana Jones of the Hawaiian bird world— Storrs would go on to become the world's greatest expert on Hawaiian fossil birds, discovering numerous species new to science Quotations en Derived terms en Indiana Jonesesque en Indiana Jonesian en eponyms terms derived from fiction terms derived from toponyms en Fictional characters