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North American Indian

North American Indian noun: a member of one of the indigenous peoples of North America (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).

Noun

North American Indian (plural North American Indians)

  1. A member of one of the indigenous peoples of North America (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
    Synonyms:
    Aboriginal person, First Nations person

Adjective

North American Indian (comparative more North American Indian, superlative most North American Indian)

  1. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of North America (but not the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
    Synonyms:
    First Nations

North American Indian meaning in Malayalam

North American Indian in Malayalam

native American, American Indian, Red Indian
വടക്കേ അമേരിക്കക്കാരൻ, അമേരിക്കൻ വംശജൻ, അമേരിക്കൻഇന്ത്യൻ, ചുവപ്പിന്ത്യൻ, റെഡ് ഇന്ത്യൻ, അമേരിക്കൻ ആദിവാസി

Synonyms of North American Indian

All synonyms of North American Indian

Forms of North American Indian

Noun
pluralNorth American Indians
Adjective
comparativemore North American Indian
superlativemost North American Indian

Origin of North American Indian

1748 noun, 1845 adjective, from North American + Indian.

Questions about North American Indian

What does North American Indian mean?
North American Indian means a member of one of the indigenous peoples of North America (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik).
What is North American Indian in Malayalam?
North American Indian in Malayalam is വടക്കേ അമേരിക്കക്കാരൻ, അമേരിക്കൻ വംശജൻ, അമേരിക്കൻഇന്ത്യൻ. See North American Indian meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is North American Indian?
North American Indian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of North American Indian?
The plural of North American Indian is North American Indians.

Words near North American Indian in the dictionary

  1. North American bison
  2. North American buffalo
  3. North American English
  4. North American football
  5. North American freshwater catfish
  6. North American Indian
  7. North American Indians
  8. North American porcupine
  9. North American porcupines
  10. North American ringtail
  11. North American ringtails

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Adapted from Wiktionary: North American Indian (page history and authors); North American Indian (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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.

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