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India

/ˈindja/

proper noun/ˈindja/

India (a country in South Asia)

Related: caña de la India, cedro de la India, jazmín de la India, nuez de la India, República de la India

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).