India

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  Signal flag for the letter I.
 * 2)  UTC+09:00
 * 1)  UTC+09:00

Translations

 * Czech:
 * English: Item
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian: Imola
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
,, from , from , from , from , from , ultimately from.

Compare 🇨🇬 and from 🇨🇬 (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Proper noun



 * 1)  A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
 * 1)  A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.

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 ).

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

 * ,, the subcontinent
 * ,, the subcontinent

Etymology
Ultimately from

Etymology
From, from , from , from (Persian ) from.

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from , from , ultimately from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from , from , from , of uncertain origin.

Descendants

 * Sicilian:

Etymology
From.

Etymology
, from, from , from (modern 🇨🇬) from.

Usage notes

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

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

Etymology
From.