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| 1. | [ noun ] a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived | |
| Synonyms: | American_Indian Red_Indian North_American_Indian | |
| Related terms: | Amerindian Algonquian Chickasaw Mayan Nahuatl Penutian Salish Creek Haida Hokan Iroquois Muskhogean Redskin Plains_Indian Athapaskan Shoshone Taracahitian Tlingit Wakashan Aleut Eskimo sannup squaw anasazi pueblo olmec zapotec paleo-american Indian_race | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (India) of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures | |
| Examples: | "the Indian subcontinent" "Indian saris" |
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| Related terms: | India | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages | |
| Synonyms: | Amerindic native_American Amerind | |
| Examples: | "Native American religions" "Indian arrowheads" |
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| 4. | [ noun ] (India) a native or inhabitant of India | |
| Related terms: | Asian Assamese Oriya Dravidian Gujarati Kashmiri jawan Punjabi Maratha India Indian_race | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (linguistics) any of the languages spoken by Amerindians | |
| Synonyms: | Amerindian_language American-Indian_language American_Indian Amerind | |
| Related terms: | natural_language Athapaskan Uto-Aztecan Penutian Hokan Maya Iroquoian Caddo Maraco Quechua Muskhogean Tupi-Guarani Arawak Na-Dene Carib Siouan Tanoan Mosan Atakapa Algonquian | |
| Similar spelling: |
Indiana Indianan Indiaman intima India_ink in_demand intimal intimate intimacy indinavir indium |
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