India

Type Country
Usage English, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Norwegian, Estonian, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Albanian, Greek, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Tagalog, Ancient Roman, Ancient Greek
Scripts Ινδία(Greek) อินเดีย(Thai) Ἰνδία(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈɪn.di.ə/(English) /ˈin.dja/(Italian, Spanish) /ˈin.diʲ.ɒ/(Hungarian) /ʔin˧.ˈdia̯˧/(Thai)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Derived from the name of the Indus River. In many languages of India, the name Bharat is used to refer to the country. However, some southern Indian languages use spellings based on English India.

Related Names

VariantsIndiya(Tagalog) Indus(Ancient Roman) Indos(Ancient Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesHind(Arabic) Indija(Bosnian) Indiya(Bulgarian) Índia(Catalan) Yindu(Chinese) Indija(Croatian) Indie(Czech) Indien(Danish) Intia(Finnish) Inde(French) Indien(German) Indo(Japanese) Indo(Korean) Indiya(Kyrgyz) Indija(Latvian) Indija(Lithuanian) Indija(Macedonian) Intya(Malayalam) Índia(Occitan) Hend(Persian) Indie(Polish) Índia(Portuguese) Indiya(Russian) Sindhu(Sanskrit) Indija(Serbian) Indiyawa(Sinhalese) Indija(Slovene) Indien(Swedish) Intiya(Tamil) Indiya(Telugu) Indiya(Ukrainian)
Given Name DescendantsIndia(English) India(Spanish)
Same SpellingÍndia

Categories

Asia, former British colonies, Jackson Browne lyrics, NATO phonetic alphabet
Entry updated April 23, 2024