Indië

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”).

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Indië

1. India
2. the Indies

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnˌdi.ə/

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• Hyphenation: In‧di‧e

Indië n

1. (historical) the Indies
   1. the West Indies
   2. the East Indies
2. (dated) India (region, subcontinent)

   Synonym: India

• 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.

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

• India

• Afrikaans: Indië