Dictionary Definition
Indian adj
1 of or relating to or characteristic of India or
the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the
Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris"
2 of or pertaining to American Indians or their
culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian
arrowheads" [syn: Amerind, Amerindic, native
American]
Noun
1 a member of the race of people living in North
America when Europeans arrived [syn: North
American Indian, American
Indian, Red
Indian]
2 a native or inhabitant of India
3 any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
[syn: Amerind, Amerindian
language, American-Indian
language, American
Indian]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Derived from India.Pronunciation
- /ˈɪndiən/, /"Indi@n/
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to India or its people.
- Of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas, the people who lived in the Americas before the Europeans came, as well as the descendants of such people.
- The First Nations people of North America, but not the Inuit or Metis.
Related terms
Translations
Of or pertaining to India
- Armenian: (Hntig)
- Bosnian: indijski
- Catalan: indi, índia
- Croatian: indijski
- Czech: indický , indická , indické
- Danish: Indien
- Dutch: Indisch, Indiaas
- Esperanto: Barata
- Finnish: intialainen
- French: indien indienne
- German: indisch
- Greek: ινδικός, ινδική, ινδικό
- Hebrew: הֹדִי (hodi) , הֹדִית (hodith)
- Hindi: भारतीय (bhārtīya), हिन्दुस्तानी (hindustānī)
- Hungarian: indiai, ind
- Interlingua: indian
- Italian: indiano, indiano
- Japanese: インドの (indo-no)
- Marathi: भारतीय (bhārtīya)
- Norwegian: indisk
- Portuguese: indiano , indiana , hindu /
- Romanian: indian , indiană
- Serbian:
- Slovene: indijski , indijska , indijsko
- Spanish: indio
- Swedish: indisk
- Telugu: భారతీయ (bhaarateeya)
- Turkish: hint
- Ukrainian: індійський
- Urdu: (hindustānī)
Of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the
Americas
- Bosnian: indijanski
- Catalan: indi, índia
- Croatian: indijanski
- Czech: indiánský , indiánská , indiánské
- Dutch: Indiaans
- Finnish: intiaani- prefix
- French: indien indienne
- German: indianisch
- Greek: ινδιάνικος , ινδιάνικη , ινδιάνικο
- Hebrew: אִינְדִּיַאנִי (indiyāni) , אִינְדִּיַאנִית (indiyānith) , אִינְדִּיַאנִים (indiyānim) m|p, אִינְדִּיַאנִיוֹת (indiyānioth) f|p
- Hungarian: indián
- Interlingua: indian
- Italian: indiano, indiano
- Japanese: インディアン (indian)
- Norwegian: indiansk
- Portuguese: índio , índia , indígena and
- Romanian: amerindian , amerindiana
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic:
индијански
- Roman: indijanski
- Cyrillic:
индијански
- Slovene: indijanski , indijanska , indijansko
- Spanish: Indígena, indio
- Swedish: indiansk
- Ukrainian: індіанський , індіянський
Related terms
Noun
- Person from India.
- Individual of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas, before the arrival of Europeans. Also: Amerindian, Native American.
- An Australian Aborigine.
- A Maori.
- An Indian meal.
- We're going out tonight for an Indian.
Translations
a person from India
- Catalan: indi, índia
- Czech: Ind , Indka
- Dutch: Indiër , Indische
- Finnish: intialainen
- French: Indien, Indienne
- German: Inder, Inderin
- Greek: Ινδός (Indós) , Ινδή (Indí)
- Hungarian: indiai, indus
- Indonesian: orang india
- Interlingua: indiano
- Italian: indiano, indiano
- Japanese: インド人 (indo-jin)
- Malayalam: bharateeyan
- Norwegian: inder
- Polish: indyjczyk, hindus
- Portuguese: hindu, indiano
- Romanian: indian , indianca , indieni m|p, indience f|p
- Slovene: Indijec , Indijka
- Spanish: indio
- Swedish: indier
- Telugu: భారతీయుడు (bhaarateeyuDu)
- Turkish: hintli
- Ukrainian: індієць
Individual of, or related to, the aboriginal
people of the Americas
- Catalan: indi , índia
- Chiricahua: ndé
- Czech: Indián , Indiánka
- Dutch: Indiaan , Indiaanse
- Finnish: intiaani
- French: Indien , Indienne
- German: Indianer, Indianerin
- Greek: Ινδιάνος (Indiános) , Ινδιάνα (Indiána)
- Hungarian: indián
- Indonesian: indian
- Interlingua: indiano
- Italian: indiano , indiana , indiano d'America, amerindio , amerindia
- Jicarilla: didé
- Navajo: diné
- Norwegian: indianer
- Polish: indianin
- Portuguese: índio , índia , indígena and
- Romanian: indian, amerindian , indianca, amerindiana , indieni, amerindieni m|p, indience, amerindiene f|p
- Slovene: Indijanec , Indijanka
- Spanish: indio
- Swedish: indian
- Turkish: kızılderili
- Ukrainian індіанець, індіянець, індіанин, індіянин
- Western Apache: nnéé, nnee, nndee, ndee, indee
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- lang=ia|/inˈdjan/, lang=ia|/in"djan/
- Indian (of India)
- Indian (of aboriginal people)
Extensive Definition
Indian may refer to:
Ethnic identities:
- Indian, person ethnically described by demographics of India
- Indian,
indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Indian, Native Americans in the United States
- Indian, First Nations of Canada
Titled works:
- Indian (film), a 1996 film
- "Indian" (song), a song by Sturm und Drang
- "Indians", a song by Anthrax on the album Among the Living
- Indians (play)
Sports teams:
- Cleveland Indians, Major League baseball team
- Indianapolis Indians, Minor League baseball team
- Indios de Mayagüez, Puerto Rican baseball team
- Indians, Swedish hockey team Frölunda HC
- Cricket team Mumbai Indians
Other:
- Indian (airline)
- Indian (motorcycle), US manufacturing company
- The Indian, Indus (constellation)
- The Indians, British Virgin Islands islets group
See also
- India
- Indian languages, languages of India
- Indian languages, indigenous languages of the Americas
- Indian Premier League
Indian in German: Indisch
Indian in Spanish: Indio
Indian in French: Indien
Indian in Italian: Indiano
Indian in Slovak: Indický
Indian in Thai: อินเดียน
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
American Indian, Amerind, Antarctic, Arctic, Atlantic, Australian aborigine,
Bushman, Caucasian, Malayan, Mister Charley,
Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Negro, Oriental, Pacific, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person,
coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow
man