Indië

See also: indie and Indie

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Indië, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Indië

1. India (a country in South Asia; capital: Nieu-Delhi)
2. the Indies

Derived terms

• Indiër
• Indies

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Indiën (obsolete)
• Indien (obsolete)
• Inje (obsolete, colloquial)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnˌdi.ə/

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• Hyphenation: In‧di‧e

Proper noun

Indië n

1. (historical) the Indies
   1. the West Indies
   2. the East Indies
2. (dated) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

   Synonym: India

Usage notes

• In obsolete use Indië, particularly in the forms Indiën, Indien and Inje, was often treated as a plurale tantum that often took the definite article de. Cf. the plural in English Indies, French Indes and several other European languages; cf. German Indien for the use as a neuter singular.

Derived terms

• Achter-Indië
• Indiër
• Indisch
• Nederlands-Indië
• Oost-Indië
• West-Indië
• Voor-Indië

Related terms

• India

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Indië