ALL meanings of indian
In·di·an
I i - adjective indian made of Indian corn: Indian meal. 1
- adjective indian Zoogeography. oriental (def 3). 1
- adjective indian Phytogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising India south of the Himalayas, and Pakistan and Sri Lanka. 1
- noun indian person from India 1
- noun indian Native American person 1
- adjective indian of or from India 1
- adjective indian Native American 1
- noun indian Because Christopher Columbus mistakenly believed that the Caribbean island on which he had landed was the subcontinent of India, he called the inhabitants Indians. Eventually, that name was applied to almost all the indigenous, non-European inhabitants of North and South America. In modern times Indian may refer to an inhabitant of the subcontinent of India or of the East Indies, to a citizen of the Republic of India, or to a member of an aboriginal American people. In the 18th century the term American Indian came to be used for the aboriginal inhabitants of the United States and Canada; it now includes the aboriginal peoples of South America as well. (When necessary, further distinctions are made with such terms as North American Indian and South American Indian.) The terms Amerindian and Amerind subsequently developed in the attempt to reduce ambiguity. For some, especially among North American Indians, the preferred designation is Native American. All these terms appear in edited writing. Whether one or several will gain ascendancy over the others remains to be seen. The only pre-European inhabitants of North America to whom Indian or other terms using the word Indian are not applied are the Eskimos or Inuit. See Eskimo. See also honest Injun, Indian giver. 1
- noun indian Also called American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian, Native American. a member of the aboriginal people of America or of any of the aboriginal North or South American stocks, usually excluding the Eskimos. 1
- noun indian any of the indigenous languages of the American Indians. Abbreviation: Ind. 1
- noun indian a member of any of the peoples native to or inhabiting India or the East Indies. 1
- noun indian a citizen of the Republic of India. 1
- noun indian Slang. a person who performs a required task or carries out the instructions of superiors: We have too many chiefs and not enough Indians. 1
- noun indian Astronomy. the constellation Indus. 1
- adjective indian of, relating to, or characteristic of the American Indians or their languages. 1
- adjective indian of, relating to, or characteristic of India or the East Indies. 1
- noun indian A person from India. 0
- noun indian A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik). 0
- noun indian (now rare, historical) An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands. 0
- noun indian (Colloquial) (Britain) A meal at (or taken away from) an Indian restaurant. 0
- adjective indian Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies. 0
- adjective indian (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Eastern; Oriental. 0
- adjective indian (dated) Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. 0
- adjective indian (Canada, US) Of foods: made with Indian corn or maize. 0
- adjective indian (chess) 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. 0
- adjective indian Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture. 0
- countable noun indian An Indian is an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin. 0
- countable noun indian Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for them now is Native Americans. 0
- noun indian a native, citizen, or inhabitant of the Republic of India 0
- noun indian a Native American 0
- noun indian any of the languages of Native Americans 0
- adjective indian of, relating to, or characteristic of India, its inhabitants, or any of their languages 0
- adjective indian of, relating to, or characteristic of Native Americans or any of their languages 0
- adjective indian of India or its peoples, languages, or cultures 0
- adjective indian of the East Indies or their peoples or cultures 0
- adjective indian of American Indians or their languages or cultures; Native American 0
- adjective indian of a type used or made by Indians 0
- adjective indian made of maize, or Indian corn 0
- noun indian a person born or living in India or the East Indies 0
- noun indian American Indian; Native American 0
- noun indian any of the languages spoken by American Indian peoples 0