Indo
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Noun edit
Indo (plural Indos)
- A Eurasian person living in or connected with Indonesia, especially (historical) a person in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but was of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent, or a descendant of such a person.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of Indo-Europeaan (“Indonesian-European”), from Indo- (“Indonesian”) + Europeaan (“European”).
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Noun edit
Indo m (plural Indo's, diminutive Indootje n)
- A person of partially native Indonesian and partially European descent.
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References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch Indo (“A person of mixed Indonesian and European descent”), from Latin indo- (“India, East Indies”).
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Proper noun edit
Indo
- Indo-Europeaan: a person of mixed Indonesian and European descent.
- short for Indonesia.
Further reading edit
- “Indo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós).
Proper noun edit
Indo m
- Indus (river)
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Indo m
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿduš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus or Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu).
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Indo m
- Indus (a large river in south-central Asia, rising in China (Tibet) and flowing through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea)