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india INDIA Indïa Ìndia Índia índia
Translingual
frameless|upright=0.5 India [1] frameless India [2] frameless India [3]
Alternative forms
mul india INDIA
Etymology
mul en India.
Pronunciation
mul [ˈɪndia] DIN 5009:2022-06 Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“) Deutsches Institut für Normung June 2022
Noun
mul noun
mul Q9893 1 1 I
mul nautical A signal flag for the letter I.
mul time The timezone UTC+09:00.
Translations
the letter "I" in a national spelling alphabet
Bulgarian: bg Индия
Czech: cs Ivan
English: en Item
Estonian: et India
Finnish: fi Iivari
Italian: it Imola
Russian: ru Ива́н m
Swedish: sv Ivar
Turkish: tr İzmir, tr Isparta For letter "ı"
References
English
thumb|right|A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
thumb|right|Flag of India
thumb|right|Emblem of India
,+ (word)
Etymology
Learned relatinization of en enm Inde, Ynde, itself chiefly from en fro Ynde, perhaps partially also continuing en ang India, ang Indea. All ultimately from en la India, from en grc Ἰνδία, from en grc Ἰνδός Indus river, from en peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 hiⁿdūš, from en sa सिन्धु, ultimately from en iir-pro *síndʰuš river. en Indus Sindhu Hindu Sindh.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪn.di.ə/ RP,GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-India.wav UK
en En-us-India.ogg US
en ɪndiə 3
Proper noun
s
en Q668en country r/South Asia New Delhi Republic of India.
en Hindustan Bharat
en Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul ‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/15/india/india-mosque-demolitions-religious-divide-intl-hnk 2024-02-15 The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power. https://web.archive.org/web/20260103230659/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/15/india/india-mosque-demolitions-religious-divide-intl-hnk 3 January 2026
en regionen chiefly historical proscribed _ in modern use en region r/South Asia traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
en historical often "British India" A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
en female.
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 en Bharat, en Hinduland rare, en Hindustan
Landmass en Indian subcontinent, en South Asia usually including Indian Ocean nations, the subcontinent
Meronyms
the subcontinent en Pakistan, en Bangladesh
Derived terms
en All India bean of India Belindia Chindia Farther India India ebony India ink India matting India pale ale India paper India proof india rubber Indiaman Indian Indoasia Northeast India Portuguese India Pride of India tree Serindia Silicon Valley of India song of India
Descendants
bn ইন্ডিয়া 1
gu ઈન્ડિયા 1
haw ʻĪnia 1 1
hi इंडिया 1
ja インディア 1
kn ಇಂಡಿಯಾ 1
ks इंडिया 1
ko 인디아 1
ml ഇന്ത്യ 1 1
mr इंडिया 1
ta இந்தியா 1
te ఇండియా 1
yo Íńdíà 1
Translations
Q668 the country Abkhaz: ab Индиа
Afrikaans: af Indië
Albanian: sq India f, sq Indi f
Amharic: am ህንድ
Arabic: ar الْهِنْد f
Egyptian Arabic: arz الهند
Aragonese: an India f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܗܸܢܕܘܼ hindu
Armenian: hy Հնդկաստան
Old Armenian: xcl Հնդիկք, xcl Հնդկաստան
Assamese: as ভাৰত
Asturian: ast India f
Aymara: ay Indya
Azerbaijani: az Hindistan
Bashkir: ba Һиндостан
Basque: eu India
Belarusian: be І́ндыя f
Bengali: bn ভারত
Bislama: bi India
Bodo (India): brx भारत bharot
Brahui: brh Inđíá
Breton: br India
Bulgarian: bg И́ндия f
Burmese: my အိန္ဒိယ
Buryat: bua Энэдхэг
Carpathian Rusyn: rue І́ндія f
Catalan: ca Índia f
Chechen: ce Инди, ce ХӀиндойчоь
Cherokee: chr ᎢᏂᏗᎢᎠ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 印度
Dungan: dng Йиндў
Eastern Min: cdo 印度 Éng-dô
Hakka: hak 印度 Yin-thu
Hokkien: nan-hbl 印度 Ìn-tō͘
Mandarin: cmn 印度
Wu: wuu 印度
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady Индие
Coptic: cop ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ, cop ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ
Cornish: kw Eynda f
Crimean Tatar: crh İndistan
Dobrujan Tatar: crh Hindístan
Czech: cs Indie f
Danish: da Indien n
Dhivehi: dv އިންޑިއާ, dv ހިންދުސްތާނު
Dinka: din Indiɛn
Dogri: doi भारत
Dutch: nl India n
Dzongkha: dz རྒྱ་གར
Egyptian: hndwꜣy h-n:d-wA-i-i-N25
Esperanto: eo Barato, eo Hindio dated, eo Hindujo dated
Estonian: et India
Farefare: gur Indo
Faroese: fo India n
Finnish: fi Intia
French: fr Inde f
Old French: fro Ynde f, fro Inde
Galician: gl India f
Georgian: ka ინდოეთი
German: de Indien n
Greek: el Ινδία f
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰνδία
Gujarati: gu ભારત m, gu ઈન્ડિયા, gu હિંદ
Hausa: ha Indiya
Hawaiian: haw ʻĪnia
Hebrew: he הודו f hódu הודו / הֹדּוּ
Hindi: hi भारत m, hi इंडिया m, hi हिन्दुस्तान m, hi हिंदुस्तान m, formal hi भारतवर्ष m, dated hi हिंद m, hi हिन्द m
Hungarian: hu India
Icelandic: is Indland n
Indonesian: id India
Ingrian: izh India
Ingush: inh Хӏиндиче
Interlingua: ia India
Irish: ga India f An India, ga Poblacht na hIndia f
Italian: it India f
Japanese: ja インド Indo, dated ja 印度 いんど, Indo, ja インディア India
Kalmyk: xal Эндкг, xal Энеткг
Written Oirat: xwo ᡄᠨᡄᡑᡍᡄᡎ
Kamba: kam India
Kannada: kn ಭಾರತ, official kn ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ, kn ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ಥಾನ
Kashmiri:
Devanagari: ks भारत m, ks हिन्दोस्तान m, ks इंडिया m
Perso-Arabic: ks بھارَت m, ks ہِندوستان m, ks اِنڈِیا m
Kashubian: csb Indie f
Kazakh: kk Үндістан
Khmer: km ឥណ្ឌា, km ឥណ្ឌៀ
Kikuyu: ki India
Konkani: kok भारत
Korean: ko ^인도(印度), ko ^인디아 alternative or North Korea
Kumyk: kum Гьиндистан
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Hindistan
Kyrgyz: ky Индия, ky Үндүстан s
Lak: lbe Гьиндусттан
Lao: lo ອິນເດຍ, lo ອິນເດັຽ
Latin: la India f
Latvian: lv Indija f
Lithuanian: lt Indija f
Lü: khb ᦊᦲᧃᧈᦎᦴᧈ
Luo: luo India
Luxembourgish: lb Indien
Macedonian: mk Индија f
Maithili: mai भारत bhārat
Malagasy: mg India
Malay: ms India
Malayalam: ml ഇന്ത്യ, ml ഭാരതം
Maltese: mt Indja l-Indja
Manchu: mnc ᠶᡝᠨ ᡩᡠ
Manipuri: mni ভারত bharôt, mni ꯚꯥꯔꯠ
Māori: mi Īnia
Marathi: mr भारत
Meru: mer India
Mon: mnw ဂလာ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Энэтхэг
Mongolian script: mn ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ
Navajo: nv Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah
Neapolitan: nap Innia f
Nepali: ne भारत
Newar: new भारत
Norman: nrf Înde f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb India
Occitan: oc Índia f
Odia: or ଭାରତ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Їндїꙗ f
Glagolitic: cu Ⰺⱀⰴⰺⱑ f
Old English: ang Indea
Ossetian: os Инди
Parthian: xpr 𐭇𐭍𐭃𐭎𐭕𐭍 hindestān
Pashto: ps هند m hend, ps انډيا f endyā, ps هندوستان m hendustān
Persian: fa هِنْد hind, fa هِنْدُوسْتان hindūstān
Middle Persian: pal hndwk'ʾn Hindūgān
Old Persian: peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 Hiⁿduš
Plautdietsch: pdt Indien f
Polish: pl Indie f-p
Portuguese: pt Índia f
Punjabi: pa ਭਾਰਤ, pa ਇੰਡੀਆ, pa ਹਿੰਦ, pa ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ
Western Punjabi: pnb ہِنْدُوسْتان m, pnb بھارَت m, pnb اِنْڈِیا m, pnb ہِنْد m
Rarotongan: rar Īnītia
Rohingya: rhg Indía
Romani: rom Indiya, rom Pharatiya
Romanian: ro India f
Russian: ru И́ндия f
Samogitian: sgs Indėjė
Sanskrit: sa भारत n, sa भारतवर्ष n
Santali: sat ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ
Scots: sco Indie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ѝндија f
Latin: sh Ìndija f
Sicilian: scn Ìnnia f
Sikkimese: sip རྒྱ་གར
Silesian: szl Indyje f
Sindhi: sd ڀارت bharatu, sd هندستان hindustānu, sd هند hindu
Sinhalese: si භාරත්, si ඉන්දියාව
Slovak: sk India f
Slovene: sl Índija f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Indiska f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Indiska f
Spanish: es India f
Swahili: sw India, sw Hindi, sw Uhindi
Swedish: sv Indien n
Tagalog: tl Indiya
Tajik: tg Ҳиндустон, tg Ҳинд
Tamil: ta இந்தியா, ta பாரதம்
Tatar: tt Һиндстан
Telugu: te ఇండియా, te భారత దేశము, te భారత, te భారతదేశం
Thai: th อินเดีย
Tibetan: bo རྒྱ་གར, bo ཧིན་དྷུ
Tigrinya: ti ህንዲ
Tongan: to ʻInitia
Turkish: tr Hindistan
Turkmen: tk Hindistan
Cyrillic: tk Хиндистан
Tuvan: tyv Энеткек
Ukrainian: uk І́ндія f
Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوسْتان m, ur بھارَت m, ur اِنْڈِیا m, ur ہِنْد m
Uyghur: ug ھىندىستان, ug ئەنەتكەك archaic
Cyrillic: ug Һиндистан
Uzbek: uz Hindiston
Vietnamese: vi Ấn Độ (vi 印度)
Welsh: cy India f
Yakut: sah Үүндүйэ
Yiddish: yi אינדיע
Yoruba: yo Íńdíà
Zazaki: zza Hindıstan
Zhuang: za Yindu
Bharat
See also
Countries of the world
en Bharat
Anagrams
en adiin I and I NIAID iniad
en terms suffixed with -ia (place) exonyms
Albanian
Proper noun
sq proper noun form
sq Indi def nom s
Asturian
ast:
Etymology
ast, ultimately from ast la India.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
ast India Q668
Related terms
ast indiu
Basque
eu:
Pronunciation
Proper noun
in
eu India Q668
Declension
in.pr
Derived terms
eu indiar<t:Indian>
See also
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
nch la India
Proper noun
nch proper noun
nch India Q668
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
nhn proper noun
nhn India Q668
Dutch
Etymology
From nl la India.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
nl Nl-India.ogg
nl In di a
Proper noun
n
nl India Q668
Related terms
nl hindoe
nl Indiaas
nl Indiër / nl Indiase
nl exonyms
Faroese
thumb|right|Republic of India
Etymology
From fo la India, from fo grc Ἰνδία, from grc Ἰνδός Indus River, from fo peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 hiⁿdūš (Persian fa هند hend) from fo sa सिन्धु a river, stream síndhu.
Pronunciation
fo /ˈɪntia/
Proper noun
fo proper noun n
fo India Q668
Declension
India India India India
Derived terms
fo indari indi Indiahav indiskur indverji
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
hif en India.
Proper noun
hif proper noun
hif India Q668
hif Bharat Hindustan
Galician
gl:
Alternative forms
gl Índia reinteg
Etymology
gl :der la:India + 1
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q9307 (glg)-Xosé-India.wav>
gl In dia
Proper noun
f
gl India Q668
Related terms
gl indio
Hungarian
hu:
Etymology
From hu la India.
Pronunciation
hu In di a
hu jɒ 3
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu India Q668 hu:Indiai Köztársaság
Declension
Indiá o sgIndiá sg
Derived terms
hu indiai
See also
hu exonyms
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx Q668 :bor pt-BR:Índia<id:India> ++81 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
n
hrx India Q668
Related terms
hrx Inder Indiaaner indiaanisch indisch
See also
References
Indonesian
id:
Etymology
From id nl India, from id la India, from id grc Ἰνδία, from id grc Ἰνδός Indus river, from id peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 hiⁿdūš, from id sa सिन्धु, ultimately from id iir-pro *síndʰuš river.
Pronunciation
id [ˈɪndia̯]
id In dia
Proper noun
id proper noun
id India Q668
See also
Further reading
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from izh ru Индия.
Pronunciation
Noun
izh noun
izh country cont/Asia India
Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada. England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada. 123
Declension
di di sg
Irish
Etymology
ga la India
Pronunciation
ga /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/
Proper noun
f An India na hIndia na hIndiacha
ga India Q668 Poblacht na hIndia
Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Declension
I ndia ndiacha
Derived terms
ga fo-ilchríoch na hIndia<g:f><t:the Indian subcontinent> Indiach<pos:a><t:Indian> Indiach<g:m><t:Indian> na hIndiacha<t:the Indies>
Mutation
Further reading
ga exonyms
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it la India.
Pronunciation
Ìndia<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
f
it India Q668
Derived terms
it Indie
it indiano
References
Anagrams
it adiin daini
it exonyms
Latin
la:
Etymology
la region :bor grc:Ἰνδία<id:India> 1
Borrowed from la grc Ἰνδία, from la grc Ἰνδός the Indus river, from la peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 hiⁿdūš, from la ira-pro *hínduš, from la iir-pro *síndʰuš river, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
India
Proper noun
India<1>
la India region
la New Latin la India Q668
Declension
India<1>
Descendants
scn Ìnnia
ta இந்தியா 1
References
India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short A Latin Dictionary Clarendon Press Oxford 1879
la exonyms
Malagasy
mg:
Etymology
mg la India
Proper noun
mg proper noun
mg India Q668
Naga Pidgin
Etymology
nag :bor en:India + +
Proper noun
nag proper noun
nag India Q668
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Etymology
nb la India
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb India Q668
Derived terms
nb Indiahavet
Related terms
nb inder
nb indisk
no exonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
nn la India
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn India Q668
Derived terms
nn Indiahavet
nn Bakindia
Related terms
nn indar
nn indisk
Old English
Proper noun
m
ang Indea
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
Índia 11 43
Romanian
Etymology
ro :der la:India + 1
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-India.wav
Proper noun
ro proper noun f
ro India Q668
Slovak
sk:
Pronunciation
loan 1 1
Proper noun
f indický Ind Indka
sk India Q668
Declension
f sg
Further reading
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :lbor la:India ++ +
Pronunciation
+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-India.wav<a:Spain>>
Proper noun
f
es India Q668
Usage notes
The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).
Derived terms
es caña de la India cedro de la India jazmín de la India nuez de la India República de la India
Related terms
es indio
See also
Further reading
es exonyms
Swahili
sw:
Etymology
sw :bor en:India + 1
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-India.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw India Q668
sw Uhindi Hindi
Welsh
cy:
Pronunciation
cy /ˈɪndja/
cy ɪndja 2
Proper noun
f
cy India Q668
Usage notes
In older, more formal language, this country name is found preceded by the definite article cy yr.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
cy cnau'r India nutmegs
cy India Ddwyreiniol yr India Ddwyreiniol the East Indies
cy India Orllewinol yr India Orllewinol the West Indies
cy exonyms
Yoruba
yo:Íńdíà
Etymology
From yo en India.
Pronunciation
Índíà Íńdíà 1
Proper noun
yo proper noun Índíà Íńdíà
yo India Q668