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- [in-dee-uh]
- /ˈɪn di ə/
- /ˈɪndɪə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [in-dee-uh]
- /ˈɪn di ə/
Definitions of india word
- noun india a word used in communications to represent the letter I. 1
- proper noun india South Asian country 1
- noun india a republic in S Asia: history dates from the Indus Valley civilization (3rd millennium bc); came under British supremacy in 1763 and passed to the British Crown in 1858; nationalist movement arose under Gandhi (1869–1948); Indian subcontinent divided into Pakistan (Muslim) and India (Hindu) in 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth in 1950. It consists chiefly of the Himalayas, rising over 7500 m (25 000 ft) in the extreme north, the Ganges plain in the north, the Thar Desert in the northwest, the Chota Nagpur plateau in the northeast, and the Deccan Plateau in the south. Official and administrative languages: Hindi and English; each state has its own language. Parts of the SE coast suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Religion: Hindu majority, Muslim minority. Currency: rupee. Capital: New Delhi. Pop: 1 220 800 359 (2013 est). Area: 3 268 100 sq km (1 261 813 sq miles) 0
- noun india a code word for the letter i 0
- noun india region in S Asia, south of the Himalayas, including a large peninsula between the Arabian Sea & the Bay of Bengal: it contains the republic of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, & Bhutan 0
- noun india republic in the central & S part of this region: established by the British Parliament (1947), it became a republic in 1950: member of the Commonwealth: 1,222,243 sq mi (3,165,596 sq km); pop. 846,303,000; cap. New Delhi 0
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Origin of india
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; < Latin < Greek Indía, equivalent to Ind(ós) “the Indus river” (< Old Persian Hindu literally, “the river”; cognate with Sanskrit sindhu) + -ia -ia
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Parts of speech for India
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
india popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
india usage trend in Literature
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