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In·dian (in′dē ən)

adjective

    1. of India or its peoples, languages, or cultures
    2. of the East Indies or their peoples or cultures
  2. of American Indians or their languages or cultures; Native American
  3. of a type used or made by Indians
  4. ☆ made of maize, or Indian corn

Etymology: LL Indianus < L India

noun

  1. a person born or living in India or the East Indies
  2. American Indian; Native American
  3. popularly any of the languages spoken by American Indian peoples

Indian Synonyms

Indian

modif.

Native American, American Indian, West Indian, Antillean, aboriginal American, pre-Columbian, Amerindian, prehistoric American.

Indian Synonyms

Indian

n.

  1. American native

    Native American, American Indian, Amerindian, Homo Americanus, American aborigine, red man*. see language 2.

    Terms for specific Indian groups include --- United States and Canada:Arctic Indians: Inuit, Eskimo, Aleut, Sitka, Yupik; eastern or Woods Indians: Iroquois or Six Nations, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onandaga, Cayuga, Ottawa, Huron or Wyandot, Algonquin or Algonkin, Pequot, Micmac, Narragansett, Mohican, Delaware, Penobscot, Conestoga, Tuscarora, Ojibway or Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Pottawattamie, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek or Muskogee, Natchez, Biloxi, Winnebago; Plains Indians: Sioux, Missouri, Oglala, Mandan, Iowa, Omaha, Comanche, Dakota or Lakota, Crow, Kaw, Osage, Ponca, Apache, Kiowa, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Caddo; Great Basin Indians: Blackfoot, Ute, Paiute, Shoshone, Bannock, Modoc, Digger, Pueblo, Hopi, Navaho, Pima, Cree, Anasazi, Moqui, Papago, Zuni, Folsom; west coast Indians: Athabascan, Salish, Costanoa, Chinook, Coos, Nez Percé, Maidu, Tlingit, Flathead, Pend d'Oreille, Coeur d'Alene, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Thompson, Miwok, Yuma, Klamath, Shasta, Luiseño, Pomo, Nutka, Haida; Mexico and Central America: Maya, Aztec, Toltec, Mixtec, Nahuat or Nahuatl, Pepil, Tabasco, Zacateca, Huasteco, Serrano, Seri, Macateco, Quiche; South America: Inca, Quechua, Carib, Aymara, Otuke, Bravo, Campa, Ande, Chiquito, Fuega, Patagonia, Tupi, Arawak, Calchaquia, Tocomona, Charrua, Mataguaya, Chango; for terms arranged by language;

  2. A native of India

    South Asian, Hindu, Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, Maratha, Rajput, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Sudra.