Indian


Definition: Meaning of, Indian in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɪndɪən /

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Indian Indians
  1. [countable] someone from India
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  2. [countable] a member of one of the races that lived in North, South, and Central America before the Europeans arrived [=  Native American]
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  3. [singular] British English informal a meal of Indian food, or a restaurant that sells Indian food
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  1. relating to India or its people
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  2. relating to the Indians of North, South, and Central America
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Indian used in phrases

  • American Indian (noun)
    1. another name for a NATIVE AMERICAN (= someone who belongs to one of the races that lived in North America before Europeans arrived)
  • American Indian Day (noun)
    1. uS: the 4th Friday in September
  • American-Indian language (noun)
    1. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
  • Anglo-Indian (noun)
    1. someone whose family is partly British and partly Indian
  • Buffalo Indian (noun)
    1. a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs, the
    1. a US government organization which is concerned with the WELFARE and education of Native Americans and with other legal matters concerning RESERVATION s (= areas set aside for Native Americans to live on)
  • Carib Indian (noun)
    1. a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
  • East Indian (adjective)
    1. of or relating to or located in the East Indies
    East Indian (noun)
    1. a native or inhabitant of the East Indies
  • East Indian fig tree (noun)
    1. east Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
  • East Indian rosebay (noun)
    1. tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
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