Hindustan
Hindustan
Definition
Hin·du·stan (hin′do̵̅o̅ stan′, -stän′)
kingdom in N India in the 15th & 16th cent.
region in N India, between the Vindhya Mountains & the Himalayas, where Hindi is spoken
the entire Indian subcontinent
the republic of India
Etymology: see Hindustani
Browse dictionary entries near Hindustan
- Hinduism
- Hindu Kush
- Hindu-Arabic numerals
- Hindu
- hindsight
- hindshank
- hindrance
- hindquarter
- Hindoo
- hindmost
- Hindustani
- Hines
- hinge
- hinge joint
- hinged
- hinny
- Hinshelwood
- hint
- hinted at
- hinterland
