india

/ˈɪndiːə//ˈɪndi.ə/

india is the alternative letter-case form of India from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: India

India (plural Indias)

A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
- The demolition of two mosques in India within days of each other has highlighted the deep religious divide in the country, months before voters head to the polls for a nationwide election that is expected to hand Prime Minister Narendra Modi a rare third term in power.2024 February 15, Aishwarya S Iyer and Rhea Mogul, “‘Erasing a part of history’ – What a double mosque demolition tells us about India ahead of crucial election”, in CNN
Synonyms:

Hindustan, Bharat, Hinduland, Indian subcontinent, South Asia, the subcontinent
(historical, proscribed) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
(historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
A female given name.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: INDIA

INDIA

(abbreviation, initialism, Indian politics) Initialism of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, a political alliance.

Synonyms of india

Forms of india

plural	Indias

Origin of india

Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”). Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”). Doublet of Indus, Sindhu, Hindu, and Sindh.

Words formed from india

Words that rhyme with india

Chindia

Questions about india

What does india mean?: India means a country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
What is india the alternative letter-case form of?: India is the alternative letter-case form of India from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
What part of speech is india?: India is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce india?: India is pronounced /ˈɪndiːə/ (UK).

Words near india in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: india (page history and authors); India (page history and authors); INDIA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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