In·di·an ( n d - n)adj. 1. Of or relating to India or the East Indies or to their peoples, languages, or cultures. 2. Of or relating to any of the Native American peoples except the Eskimos, Aleuts, and Inuits. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of India or of the East Indies. 2. a. A member of any of the Native American peoples except the Eskimos, Aleuts, and Inuits. b. Any of the languages of these peoples. 3. See Indus2. Usage Note: Assuming that he had reached the Indies, Columbus called the people on the islands his ships visited "indios," or "Indians," and the misnomer has stuck ever since. It is natural that people have proposed alternative names, whether to avoid confusion between the inhabitants of America and India or to indicate respect for the original occupants of the American continents. Thus Native American has become widely established in American English, being acceptable in all contemporary contexts and preferred in many. However, the acceptance of Native American has not brought about the demise of Indian, despite persistent criticism. Unlike Negro, which was quickly stigmatized once black became preferred, Indian never fell out of favor with a large segment of the American population. It is firmly rooted in English in such common terms as Plains Indian, French and Indian War, and Indian Territory as well as in numerous plant and place names. In locutions of this kind there is no possibility of substitution. · The charge that Indian is an offensive term  hopelessly tainted by the ignorant or romantic stereotypes of popular American culturecan be answered, at least in part, by pointing to the continuing use of this term among American Indians themselves. Indeed, Indian authors and those sympathetic to Indian causes often prefer it for its unpretentious familiarity as well as its emotional impact, as in this passage from the Kiowa writer N. Scott Momaday's memoir The Names (1976): "It was about this time that [my mother] began to see herself as an Indian. That dim native heritage became a fascination and a cause for her." See Usage Notes at American Indian, First Nation, Native American. |
Indian [ˈɪndɪən]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native, citizen, or inhabitant of the Republic of India
2. (Social Science / Peoples) an American Indian
3. (Linguistics / Languages) (not in scholarly usage) any of the languages of the American Indians
adj
1. (Placename) (Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of India, its inhabitants, or any of their languages
2. (Social Science / Peoples) (Linguistics / Languages) of, relating to, or characteristic of the American Indians or any of their languages
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| Noun | 1. |  Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrivedAmerindian, Native American - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived Algonquian, Algonquin - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast Anasazi - a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabascan - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska Amerindian race, Indian race - usually included in the Mongoloid race Maya, Mayan - a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" Nahuatl - a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico Olmec - a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC Zapotec, Zapotecan - a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900 Buffalo Indian, Plains Indian - 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 Chickasaw - a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi Coeur d'Alene - a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake Creek - any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma Haida - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska Iroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution Muskhogean, Muskogean - a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages Penutian - a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages Pueblo - a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) Salish - a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America Shoshone, Shoshoni - a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States Taracahitian - a member of a group of peoples of Mexico Tlingit - a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska Wakashan - a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language Eskimo, Esquimau, Inuit - a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people') Paleo-American, Paleo-Amerind, Paleo-Indian - a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch sannup - a married male American Indian squaw - an American Indian woman |
| 2. | Indian - a native or inhabitant of India Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 Indian race - sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India Assamese - native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India Dravidian - a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them) Kashmiri - a member of the people of Kashmir Oriya - a member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas Roma, Romani, Romany, Rommany, Bohemian, Gipsy, Gypsy - a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) jawan - (India) a private soldier or male constable | |
| 3. | Indian - any of the languages spoken by Amerindians natural language, tongue - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language Algonquian language, Algonquin, Algonquian - family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains Atakapan, Attacapa, Attacapan, Atakapa - a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas Athabascan, Athapaskan language, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) Muskhogean language, Muskogean language, Muskhogean, Muskogean - a family of North American Indian languages spoken in the southeastern United States Na-Dene - a family of North American Indian languages Mosan - a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia Caddoan, Caddoan language, Caddo - a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois Kechuan, Quechuan, Quechuan language, Quechua, Kechua - the language of the Quechua which was spoken by the Incas Maracan language, Maraco - the language spoken by the Maraco Tupi-Guarani, Tupi-Guarani language - a family of South American Indian languages Caribbean language, Carib - the family of languages spoken by the Carib Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language - a family of American Indian languages Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux Tanoan, Tanoan language - a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States Penutian - a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California | |
| Adj. | 1. | Indian - of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris" |
| 2. | Indian - of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads" |
Translations
Indian [ˈɪndɪən]
A. ADJ (= from India) [culture, languages, customs] → indio, hindú; (= American Indian) → indígena, indio
C. CPD Indian corn N = maize Indian elephant N → elefante m asiático
Indian file N → fila f india
Indian hemp N → cáñamo m índico
Indian ink N → tinta f china
the Indian Ocean N → el Océano Índico
Indian summer N (in northern hemisphere) → veranillo m de San Martín; (in southern hemisphere) → veranillo m de San Juan
the publication of that book gave her career an Indian summer → la publicación de ese libro dio lugar a un éxito tardío en su carrera
Indian file N → fila f india
Indian hemp N → cáñamo m índico
Indian ink N → tinta f china
the Indian Ocean N → el Océano Índico
Indian summer N (in northern hemisphere) → veranillo m de San Martín; (in southern hemisphere) → veranillo m de San Juan
the publication of that book gave her career an Indian summer → la publicación de ese libro dio lugar a un éxito tardío en su carrera
Indian [ˈɪndiən]
Indian
Indian:
adj
(= American Indian) (neg!) → indianisch, Indianer-
n
→ Inder(in) m(f)
Indian:
Indian-British
adj → indisch-britisch (britisch mit indischer Herkunft)
Indian club
n → Keule f
Indian corn
n → Mais m
Indian cress
n (Bot) → Kapuzinerkresse f
Indian file
Indian giver
n (US inf) jd, der etwas Geschenktes zurückfordert
Indian ink
n → Tusche f
Indian Ocean
n → Indischer Ozean
Indian reservation
n (neg!) → Indianerreservat nt
Indian sign
Indian summer
n → Altweibersommer m, → Spät- or Nachsommer m; (esp Brit fig: = success late in life) → späte Blüte
Indian wrestling
n → Armdrücken nt
Indian [ˈɪndɪən]
Indian [ˈɪndɪən]
1. adj
a. (from India) → indiano/a
b. (American Indian) → indiano/a (d'America)
2. n
a. (from India) → indiano/a
b. (American Indian) → indiano/a (d'America)
Indian [ˈɪndɪən]
1. adj
a. (from India) → indiano/a
b. (American Indian) → indiano/a (d'America)
2. n
a. (from India) → indiano/a
b. (American Indian) → indiano/a (d'America)
n Indian [ˈindiən]
1 a native inhabitant of North America (see also Red Indian at red), Central or South America. Indiaan الهِنْدي الأمريكي индианец Indián, -ka indianer der/die Indianer(in) Ινδιάνος indio indiaanlane سرخپوست intiaani Amérindien/-ienne אִינדִיאנִי इंडियन, रेडइंडियन indijanac indián orang Indian amerískur indíáni indiano d'America アメリカ・インディアン (미) 인디언 indėnas indiānis orang Indian Indiaan indianer Indianin índio amerindian индеец Indián, -ka Indijanec Indijanac indian ชาวอินเดียนแดง Kızılderili 北美原住民 індієць شمالی امریکا کے اصلی باشندہ người Anh Điêng 印第安人
2 a person born in India or having Indian citizenship. Indiaan هِنْدي: أحد سكان الهِنْد индиец Ind, -ka inder der/die Inder(in) Ινδός indio, hindú indialane اهل هندوستان intialainen Indien/-ienne הוֹדִי भारतीय नागरिक indijac indiai orang India Indverji indiano インド人 인도인 indas indietis orang India India ar inder Hindus indiano indian индиец Ind, -ka Indijec Indijac indier ชาวอินเดีย Hintli 印度人 індіанець ہندوستانی باشندہ người Ấn Độ 印度人
adj
of India or of Indians. Indiaans هِندي، هِنْدي أمريكي иднийски или индиански indický; indiánský indiansk; indisk indisch, indianisch ινδικός, ινδιάνικος indio india, indiaani هندی intialainen indien הוֹדִי भारतीय indijski, indijanski indiai; indián mengenai India, Indian indverskur; indíána- indiano インドの 인도(인)의 indėniškas, indiškas indiešu-; indiāņu- mengenai India Indiaas, Indiaans indisk; indiansk, indianer- hinduski, indiański indian индийский; индейский indický; indiánsky indijski; indijanski indijski ili indijanski indisk, indiansk เกี่ยวกับอินเดีย Hindistana/Hintlilere ait 北美原住民的，印度人的 індійський; індіанський ہندوستان یا شمالی امریکا کے باشندوں سے متعلق thuộc Ấn Độ 印第安人的，印度人的
Indian → هندى, هندي Ind, indický inder, indisk Inder, indisch ινδικός, Ινδός indio intialainen Indien Indijac, indijski indiano インドの, インド人 인도 사람, 인도의 Indiaas, Indiër inder, indisk Hindus, indyjski indiano индиец, индийский indier, indisk เกี่ยวกับชาวอินเดีย, ชาวอินเดีย Hint, Hintli người Ấn Độ, thuộc Ấn Độ 印度人, 印度的
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