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indian

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Synonyms: indign, india, iodian, indican, endian, indin, indan, findian, windian, indias, indien

Antonyms: indign, india, iodian, indican, endian, indin, indan, findian, windian, indias, indien

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to [[India]] or its people; or (formerly) of the [[East Indies]]. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
  2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[Eastern]]; [[Oriental]].
  3. {{lb|en|proscribed}} Of or relating to the [[indigenous]] [[peoples]] of the [[Americas]]. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  4. {{lb|en|North America|of foods|proscribed}} Made with [[Indian corn]] or [[Indian maize|maize]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
  5. {{lb|en|chess}} Designating any of various chess [[opening]]s now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and [[fianchetto]]ed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}

Noun

  1. {{lb|en|countable}} A person from the country of [[wikipedia:India|India]]. {{defdate|from 13th c.}}
  2. {{lb|en|dated|proscribed}} A person from the [[wikipedia:Indian subcontinent|subcontinent]] of India.
  3. {{lb|en|countable|proscribed}} An [[American Indian]], a member of one of the [[indigenous]] [[peoples]] of the [[Americas]] (generally excluding the [[Aleut]], [[Inuit]], [[Metis]], and [[Yupik]]). {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
  4. {{lb|en|countable|obsolete}} An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
  5. {{lb|en|uncountable}} {{ellipsis of|en|[[Indian#Adjective|Indian]] [[cuisine]]}}.
  6. {{lb|en|UK|countable|colloquial}} {{ellipsis of|en|[[Indian#Adjective|Indian]] [[meal]]|t=meal consisting of Indian cuisine}}. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
  7. {{lb|en|UK|countable|colloquial}} {{ellipsis of|en|[[Indian#Adjective|Indian]] [[restaurant]]|t=restaurant serving Indian cuisine}}.
  8. {{lb|en|countable}} {{ellipsis of|en|Mardi Gras Indian}}.
  9. A kind of [[marble]] {{gl|spherical toy}} with colored bands on an opaque black base.

Proper noun

  1. {{lb|en|nonstandard}} Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by [[American Indian]]s.
  2. {{lb|en|nonstandard|rare}} Any language spoken by natives of [[India]], especially [[Hindi]].

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