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Indian style

Indian style adverb: cross-legged.

Adverb

Indian style (not comparable)

  1. Cross-legged.

Indian style meaning in Tagalog

Indian style in Tagalog

cross-legged
tansila

Synonyms of Indian style

Origin of Indian style

Possibly from the Indian lotus position (compare Polish siedzieć po turecku and Romanian ședea turcește, literally “to sit Turkishly”, in reference to the Turks' similar sitting style), or else from the way some American Indians sat.

Questions about Indian style

What does Indian style mean?
Indian style means cross-legged.
What is Indian style in Tagalog?
Indian style in Tagalog is tansila. See Indian style meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is Indian style?
Indian style is an adverb.

Words near Indian style in the dictionary

  1. Indian strawberries
  2. Indian strawberry
  3. Indian Stream
  4. Indian Stream Republic
  5. Indian studies
  6. Indian style
  7. Indian Subcontinent
  8. Indian summer
  9. Indian Summer Monsoon
  10. Indian summers
  11. Indian sunburn

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