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India.

India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

name[ˈɪn.di.a]Classical-Latin[ˈin.di.a]
  1. India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

    declension-1 · feminine · historical · proscribed · singular
  2. India (a country in South Asia)

    New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine · singular
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor. Latin India 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.

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