# India
## Translingual

* India [1]
* India [2]
* India [3]

### Alternative forms

* india, INDIA

### Etymology

Borrowed from English India.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪndia]

### Noun

India
* (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I.
* (nautical) Signal flag for the letter I.
* (time zone) UTC+09:00
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes :
| Alfa | Bravo | Charlie | Delta | Echo | Foxtrot | Golf | Hotel | India | Juliett | Kilo | Lima | Mike |
| November | Oscar | Papa | Quebec | Romeo | Sierra | Tango | Uniform | Victor | Whiskey | Xray | Yankee | Zulu |
| zero | one | two | three (tree) | four (fower) | five (fife) | six | seven | eight | nine (niner) | hundred | thousand | decimal |

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

## English
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What is the evidence for direct inheritance from Old English instead of two separate borrowings from Latin?”
Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hi$^n$dūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

### Pronunciation

* (India) IPA: /ˈɪndɪ.ə/, /ˈɪɳɖɪjaː/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɪndiːə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (General American) enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA: /ˈɪndi.ə/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪndiə

### Proper noun

India (plural Indias)
* A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
    Synonyms: Hindiyyah, Hindustan, Bharat
* (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
* (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
* A female given name.

#### Usage notes

When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification).
At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete.

#### Synonyms

* (Republic of India): Bharat, Hinduland (rare), Hindustan
* (Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent

#### Meronyms

* (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh

#### Derived terms

* All India
* Farther India
* India ink
* India matting
* Indian
* Indiana
* India paper
* India proof
* india rubber
* Northeast India
* Portuguese India
* Pride of India tree
* Silicon Valley of India
* song of India

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā)
* → Hawaiian: ʻĪnia, ʻInia
* → Hindi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
* → Bengali: ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa)
* → Japanese: インディア
* → Kannada: ಇಂಡಿಯಾ (iṇḍiyā)
* → Kashmiri: इंडिया (iṃḍiyā)
* → Korean: 인디아 (india)
* → Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ (intya), ഇന്റ്യ (inṟya), ഇന്ദ്യ (indya)
* → Marathi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
* → Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)
* → Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)
* → Yoruba: Íńdíà

#### Translations

Abkhaz: Индиа (Indja)
Adyghe: Индие (Jindije)
Afrikaans: Indië (af)
Albanian: India (sq) f, Indi f
Amharic: ህንድ (hənd)
Arabic: الْهِنْد (ar) f (al-hind)
Egyptian Arabic: الهند
Aragonese: India f
Armenian: Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
Old Armenian: Հնդիկք (Hndikkʻ), Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
Assamese: ভাৰত (bharot)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܢܕܘܼ (hindu)
Asturian: India (ast) f
Aymara: Indya
Azerbaijani: Hindistan (az)
Bashkir: Һиндостан (Hindostan)
Belarusian: І́ндыя f (Índyja)
Bengali: ভারত (bn) (bharot)
Bihari: भारत (bhārat)
Bislama: India
Bodo (India): भारत (bharot)
Brahui: Inđíá
Breton: India
Bulgarian: И́ндия (bg) f (Índija)
Burmese: အိန္ဒိယ (indi.ya.)
Buryat: Энэдхэг (Enedxeg)
Carpathian Rusyn: І́ндія f (Índija)
Catalan: Índia (ca) f
Chechen: Инди (İndi)
Cherokee: ᎢᏂᏗᎢᎠ (inidiia)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 印度 (yue) (jan$^3$ dou$^6$)
Dungan: Йиндў (Yindw)
Eastern Min: 印度 (Éng-dô)
Hakka: 印度 (Yin-thu)
Hokkien: 印度 (Ìn-tō͘)
Mandarin: 印度 (zh) (Yìndù)
Wu: 印度 ($^1$in-du)
Coptic: ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ (hentou), ⲑⲉⲛⲧⲓⲕⲏ (thentikē)
Cornish: Eynda f
Crimean Tatar: İndistan
Czech: Indie (cs) f
Danish: Indien (da) n
Dhivehi: އިންޑިއާ (in̊ḍiā), ހިންދުސްތާނު (dv) (hin̊dustānu)
Dinka: Indiɛn
Dogri: भारत (bhārat)
Dutch: India (nl) n
Dzongkha: རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar)
Egyptian: (hndwꜣy)
Esperanto: Barato (eo), Hindio (dated), Hindujo (dated)
Estonian: India (et)
Farefare: Indo
Faroese: India n
Finnish: Intia (fi)
French: Inde (fr) f
Old French: Ynde f, Inde
Galician: India (gl) f
Georgian: ინდოეთი (ka) (indoeti)
German: Indien (de) n
Greek: Ινδία (el) f (Indía)
Ancient: Ἰνδία (Indía)
Gujarati: ભારત (gu) m (bhārat), ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā), હિંદ (hind)
Hausa: Indiya
Hawaiian: ʻĪnia
Hebrew: הודו / הֹדּוּ (he) f (hódu)
Hindi: भारत (hi) m (bhārat), इंडिया (hi) m (iṇḍiyā), हिन्दुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān), हिंदुस्तान (hi) m (hindustān), (formal) भारतवर्ष (hi) m (bhāratvarṣ), (dated) हिंद (hi) m (hind), हिन्द (hi) m (hind)
Hungarian: India (hu)
Icelandic: Indland (is) n
Indonesian: India (id)
Ingrian: India
Ingush: Хӏиндиче (Hindiče)
Interlingua: India
Irish: An India f, Poblacht na hIndia f
Italian: India (it) f
Japanese: インド (ja) (Indo), (dated) 印度 (ja) (いんど, Indo), インディア (India)
Kamba: India
Kannada: ಭಾರತ (kn) (bhārata), (official) ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ (bhārata gaṇarājya), ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ಥಾನ (hindūsthāna)
Kashmiri:
Devanagari: हिन्दोस्तान (hindōstān), इंडिया (iṃḍiyā)
Perso-Arabic: ہِندوستان m (hindōstān), بھارَت m (bhārat), اِنڈِیا m (inḍiyā)
Kashubian: Indie f
Kazakh: Үндістан (kk) (Ündıstan)
Khmer: ឥណ្ឌា (km) (ʼəndiə), ឥណ្ឌៀ (km) (ʼəndiə)
Kikuyu: India
Konkani: भारत (bhārat)
Korean: 인도(印度) (ko) (Indo), 인디아 (ko) (India) (alternative or North Korea)
Kumyk: Гьиндистан (Hindistan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Hindistan (ku)
Kyrgyz: Индия (ky) (İndiya), Үндүстан (ky) sg (Ündüstan)
Lak: Гьиндусттан (Hindust:an)
Lao: ອິນເດຍ (lo) (ʼin dīa), ອິນເດັຽ (ʼin dīa)
Latin: India (la) f
Latvian: Indija (lv) f
Lithuanian: Indija (lt) f
Lü: ᦊᦲᧃᧈᦎᦴᧈ (ẏiin¹ṫuu¹)
Luo: India
Luxembourgish: Indien
Macedonian: Индија (mk) f (Indija)
Maithili: भारत (bhārat)
Malagasy: India (mg)
Malay: India (ms)
Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ (ml) (intya), ഭാരതം (ml) (bhārataṁ)
Maltese: l-Indja
Manchu: ᠶᡝᠨ ᡩᡠ (yen du)
Manipuri: ভারত (bharôt), ꯚꯥꯔꯠ (bhaarat)
Maori: Īnia
Marathi: भारत (bhārat)
Meru: India
Middle Persian: hndwkʾn' (Hindūgān)
Mon: ဂလာ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Энэтхэг (Enetxeg)
Mongolian: ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ (enedkeg)
Navajo: Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Innia f
Nepali: भारत (ne) (bhārat)
Newar: भारत (bhārata)
Norman: Înde f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: India (no)
Occitan: Índia (oc) f
Odia: ଭାରତ (or) (bhārata)
Old English: Indea
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Їндїꙗ f (Indija)
Glagolitic: Ⰺⱀⰴⰺⱑ f (Indiě)
Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hidūš⁠/)
Ossetian: Инди (Indi)
Parthian: 𐭇𐭍𐭃𐭎𐭕𐭍 (ḥndstn /⁠hindestān⁠/)
Pashto: هند (ps) m (hend), انډيا f (endyā), هندوستان m (hendustān)
Persian: هِنْد (fa) (hend), هِنْدوسْتان (fa) (hendustân)
Plautdietsch: Indien f
Polish: Indie (pl) f pl
Portuguese: Índia (pt) f
Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat), ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
Rarotongan: Īnītia
Rohingya: Indía
Romani: Indiya, Pharatiya
Romanian: India (ro) f
Russian: И́ндия (ru) f (Índija)
Samogitian: Indėjė
Sanskrit: भारत (sa) n (bhārata), भारतवर्ष (sa) n (bhāratavarṣa)
Santali: ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ (siñôt)
Scots: Indie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ѝндија f
Roman: Ìndija (sh) f
Sicilian: Ìnnia f
Silesian: Indyje f
Sindhi: ڀارت (bharatu), هندستان (hindustānu), هند (hindu)
Sinhalese: භාරත් (bhārat), ඉන්දියාව (si) (indiyāwa)
Slovak: India (sk) f
Slovene: Índija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Indiska f
Upper Sorbian: Indiska f
Spanish: India (es) f
Swahili: India (sw), Hindi (sw), Uhindi
Swedish: Indien (sv) n
Tagalog: Indiya
Tajik: Ҳиндустон (tg) (Hinduston), Ҳинд (Hind)
Tamil: இந்தியா (ta) (intiyā), பாரதம் (ta) (pāratam)
Tatar: Һиндстан (Hindstan)
Telugu: ఇండియా (te) (iṇḍiyā), భారత దేశము (te) (bhārata dēśamu), భారత (te) (bhārata)
Thai: อินเดีย (th) (in-diia)
Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar), ཧིན་དྷུ (hin dhu)
Tigrinya: ህንዲ (həndi)
Tongan: ʻInitia
Turkish: Hindistan (tr)
Turkmen: Hindistan
Cyrillic: Хиндистан
Ukrainian: І́ндія (uk) f (Índija)
Urdu: ہِنْدُوسْتان m (hindūstān), بھارَت (ur) m (bhārat), اِنْڈِیا m (inḍiyā), ہِنْد m (hind)
Uyghur: ھىندىستان (hindistan), ئەنەتكەك (enetkek) (archaic)
Cyrillic: Һиндистан (Hindistan)
Uzbek: Hindiston (uz)
Vietnamese: Ấn Độ (vi) (印度)
Welsh: India (cy) f
Western Panjabi: ھندستان (pnb) (hndstān), بھارت (bhārt)
Yakut: Үүндүйэ (Üündüye)
Yiddish: אינדיע (indye)
Yoruba: Íńdíà
Zazaki: Hindıstan (diq)
Zhuang: Yindu :

### See also

* Countries of the world
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Andhra Pradesh
* Arunachal Pradesh
* Assam
* Bihar
* Chhattisgarh
* Goa
* Gujarat
* Haryana
* Himachal Pradesh
* Jharkhand
* Karnataka
* Kerala ~ Keralam
* Madhya Pradesh
* Maharashtra
* Manipur
* Meghalaya
* Mizoram
* Nagaland
* Odisha
* Punjab
* Rajasthan
* Sikkim
* Tamil Nadu
* Telangana
* Tripura
* Uttarakhand
* Uttar Pradesh
* West Bengal
* Bharat

### Anagrams

* I and I, NIAID, iniad

## Albanian
### Proper noun

India
* definite nominative singular of Indi

## Asturian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin India

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
* Rhymes: -indja
* Hyphenation: In‧dia

### Proper noun

India f
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* indiu

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /india/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.a]
* Rhymes: -ia, -a
* Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

### Proper noun

India inan
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* indiar (“Indian”)

#### See also

* Afganistan
* Arabiar Emirerri Batuak
* Armenia
* Azerbaidjan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Birmania
* Brunei
* Ekialdeko Timor
* Errusia
* Filipinak
* Georgia
* Hego Korea
* India
* Indonesia
* Ipar Korea
* Irak
* Iran
* Israel
* Japonia
* Jordania
* Kanbodia
* Kazakhstan
* Kirgizistan
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Libano
* Malaysia
* Maldivas
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestina
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapur
* Siria
* Sri Lanka
* Tadjikistan
* Taiwan
* Thailandia
* Turkia
* Turkmenistan
* Txina
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Zipre

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Latin India

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin India.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

### Proper noun

India n
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* hindoe
* Indiaas
* Indiër / Indiase

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hi$^n$dūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪntia/

### Proper noun

India n
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* indari
* indi
* indiskur
* indverji

## Fiji Hindi
### Etymology

Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* Índia (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

Latin India

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈindja/ [ˈin̪.d̪jɐ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -indja
* Hyphenation: In‧dia

### Proper noun

India f
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* indio

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Latin India.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈindijɒ]
* Hyphenation: In‧dia
* Rhymes: -jɒ

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia; official name: Indiai Köztársaság)

#### Derived terms

* indiai

### See also

* Afganisztán
* Azerbajdzsán
* Bahrein
* Banglades
* Bhután
* Brunei
* Ciprus
* Dél-Korea
* Egyesült Arab Emírségek
* Észak-Korea
* Fülöp-szigetek
* Grúzia
* India
* Indonézia
* Irak
* Irán
* Izrael
* Japán
* Jemen
* Jordánia
* Kambodzsa
* Katar
* Kazahsztán
* Kelet-Timor
* Kirgizisztán
* Kína
* Kuvait
* Laosz
* Libanon
* Malajzia
* Maldív-szigetek
* Mianmar
* Mongólia
* Nepál
* Omán
* Oroszország
* Örményország
* Pakisztán
* Srí Lanka
* Szaúd-Arábia
* Szingapúr
* Szíria
* Tádzsikisztán
* Thaiföld
* Törökország
* Türkmenisztán
* Üzbegisztán
* Vietnám

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Índia, from Old Galician-Portuguese India.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈintia/
* Rhymes: -intia
* Syllabification: In‧di‧a

### Proper noun

India n
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Related terms

* Inder
* Indiaaner
* indiaanisch
* indisch

### See also

* China
* India
* Indonesia
* Israel
* Nordkorea
* Palëstina
* Russland
* Schapong
* Siedkorea
* Siria ~ Sirje
* Viëtnam

### References

* ↑ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “India”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 81, column 1

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hi$^n$dūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪndia̯]
* Hyphenation: In‧dia

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)

### See also

* Afganistan
* Arab Saudi
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Filipina
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Irak
* Iran
* Israel
* Jepang
* Kamboja
* Kazakhstan
* Kirgizstan
* Korea Selatan
* Korea Utara
* Kuwait
* Laos
* Libanon
* Maladewa
* Malaysia
* Mesir
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestina
* Qatar
* Rusia
* Singapura
* Siprus
* Sri Lanka
* Suriah
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor Leste
* Tiongkok
* Turki
* Turkmenistan
* Uni Emirat Arab
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yaman
* Yordania

### Further reading

* “India” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈindiɑ/, [ˈinde̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈindiɑ/, [ˈintiɑ]
* Rhymes: -indeː, -indiɑ
* Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

### Noun

India
* India (a country in Asia)
** 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada.England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada.

#### Declension
## Irish
### Etymology

Latin India

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/

### Proper noun

An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)
* India (a country in South Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndia)

#### Usage notes

Always preceded by the definite article.

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
India
Indiacha
vocative
a India
a Indiacha
genitive
India
Indiacha
dative
India
Indiacha
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an India
na hIndiacha
genitive
na hIndia
na nIndiacha
dative
leis an India don India
leis na hIndiacha :

#### Derived terms

* fo-ilchríoch na hIndia f (“the Indian subcontinent”)
* Indiach m (“Indian”)
* Indiach (“Indian”, adjective)
* na hIndiacha (“the Indies”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* “India”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “India”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin India.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈin.dja/
* Rhymes: -indja
* Hyphenation: Ìn‧dia

### Proper noun

India f
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Indie
* indiano

### References

* ↑ India in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* daini

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hi$^n$dūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈin.di.a/, [ˈɪn̪d̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈin.di.a/, [ˈin̪d̪iä]

### Proper noun

India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension
* (Late Latin) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
* (New Latin) India (a country in South Asia)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Descendants

* Sicilian: Ìnnia

### References

* India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* India in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Malagasy
### Etymology

Latin India

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Latin India

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Indiahavet

#### Related terms

* inder
* indisk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Latin India

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Derived terms

* Indiahavet
* Bakindia

#### Related terms

* indar
* indisk

## Old English
### Proper noun

India m
* Alternative form of Indea

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

India f
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Índia.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Latin India

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

India f
* India (a country in South Asia)

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈinɟi̯a]

### Proper noun

India f (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica)
* India (a country in South Asia)

### References

* “India”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hi$^n$dūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -indja
* Syllabification: In‧dia

### Proper noun

India f
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Usage notes

* The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).

#### Derived terms

* caña de la India
* cedro de la India
* jazmín de la India
* República de la India

#### Related terms

* indio

### Further reading

* “India”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English India.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

India
* India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪndja/
* Rhymes: -ɪndja

### Proper noun

India f
* India (a country in South Asia)

#### Usage notes

In older, more formal language, this country name is found preceded by the definite article yr.

#### Coordinate terms

* Affganistan
* Armenia
* Aserbaijan
* Bangladesh
* Bahrain
* Bhwtan
* Brwnei
* Cambodia
* Casachstan
* Catar
* Cirgistan
* Coweit
* Cyprus
* De Corea
* Dwyrain Timor
* Fietnam
* Georgia
* Gogledd Corea
* Gwlad Tai
* Gwlad yr Iorddonen
* Iemen
* India
* Indonesia
* Irac
* Iran
* Israel
* Japan
* Laos
* Libanus
* Maldives
* Maleisia
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pacistan
* Palesteina
* Rwsia
* Sawdi Arabia
* Singapôr
* Sri Lanca
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajicistan
* Tsieina
* Twrci
* Tyrcmenistan
* Wsbecistan
* y Philipinau
* yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig

#### Derived terms

* cnau'r India (“nutmegs”)
* yr India Ddwyreiniol (“the East Indies”)
* yr India Orllewinol (“the West Indies”)

## Yoruba
### Etymology

From English India.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

### Proper noun

Íńdíà
* India (a country in South Asia)