English Explanatory Dictionary

Indian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
  2. Eastern; Oriental.
  3. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
  4. Made with Indian corn or maize.
  5. Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.
noun
  1. A person from India.
  2. An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).
  3. An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
  4. Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.
  5. Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).
  6. Ellipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine”).
  7. Ellipsis of Mardi Gras Indian.
  8. A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.
name
  1. Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
  2. Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigene”).
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigenous”).

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.dɪ.ən/ /ˈɪn.di.ən/ /ˈɪnɖ(ɪ)jən/ en-us-Indian.ogg

Word forms

Indian more Indian most Indian Indians

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman indien, Middle French indien, corresponding to Ind + -ian or India + -an. Applied to inhabitants of the Americas due to an early misconception that the Americas were the eastern end of Asia / the Indies (hence also the designation of Caribbean islands as the West Indies).

Synonyms

East Indian Indic Hindian Desi Indish Native American Amerindian First Nation Asian Indian Red Indian First Nations person American Indian Amerind First American Indian Indigenous American Indigenous North American Injun NDN red man redman redskin

Related words

Indo-

Derived words

American Indian Amerind Amerindian Asian Indian Black East Indian East Indian French and Indian War Hindian Indiana Indian aconite Indian almond Indian-American Indian apple Indian band Indian beet Indian bison Indian boys and girls Indian bullfrog Indian burn Indian caper Indian carp Indian caustic barley Indian cobra Indian coral tree Indian corn Indian darter Indian elephant Indian fever Indian fig Indian file Indian fire Indian fox Indian geranium Indian ghost Indian ginger Indian giving Indian goosegrass Indian harp Indian hawthorn Indian hemp Indian hog deer Indian ink Indianize Indian jujube Indian lemonade Indian licorice Indian liquorice Indian mahogany Indian mallow Indian marking-nut tree Indian meal Indian mulberry Indian mustard Indian myna Indian nard Indianness Indian nightjar Indian Ocean Indian Orchard Indian Orthodox Church
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