Indië

See also: indie, indy, and Indie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Indië, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (river).

Proper noun

Indië

  1. India
  2. the Indies

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Indiën (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (river).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnˌdi.ə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧e

Proper noun

Indië n

  1. (historical) the Indies
    1. the West Indies
    2. the East Indies
  2. (dated) India (region, subcontinent)
    Synonym: India

Derived terms

Descendants

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