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Indian

[ US /ˈɪndiən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a native or inhabitant of India
  2. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages
    Native American religions
    Indian arrowheads
  2. of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures
    Indian saris
    the Indian subcontinent

How To Use Indian In A Sentence

  • You know and, particularly, I'm interested in rhythmic concepts from South Indian music, and so, I work with a lot of these elements in my music. Vijay Iyer: Self-Taught Jazz Pianist Goes 'Solo'
  • In a little water in front of the grotto is the lotus-flower, a regular Indian plant; while in the shade of some of the petrified wood are several beautiful English ferns. Three Months in the Soudan
  • Helen Hunt Jackson was a known activist who campaigned for the rights of the Native American Indians.
  • From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum (sacred shell beads, polished and strung in strands, belts, or sashes) to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts.
  • The little dark-brown, doughnut-shaped fritters tasted a whole lot like Indian pakoras, and indeed came with a dish of raita for dipping.
  • The Indian monsoon is now under way. Times, Sunday Times
  • I was watching the match in a pub without sound, and I had forgotten about it, so it was not until I got home that I realised that Langer had taken a hat trick, and that was why the West Indian fieldsmen all looked so pleased.
  • Yet he's also studied jazz and Indian music and learnt to play the sarod, so his band achieves a curious rapprochement between world-jazz and heads-down, no-nonsense boogie.
  • Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center.
  • Thus, this festival brings together the richness of the Indian kitchen with its spices and subtle shades of taste and texture.
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