Indian
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈɪndiən/
- US
:
indígena
- The festival celebrated the rich traditions of the Indian culture, showcasing traditional dance and music.
- American Indian
- an Indian reservation
- Indian territory
Like both of those were Indian culture before, before the Europeans got here.
- Like both of those were Indian culture before, before the Europeans got here.
- It's still pretty much about Spokane Indian males, you know, stumbling through life.
- Dennis Banks was a Native American leader of the American Indian movement.
- Like it's like when you're sitting Indian style and they straddle you.
- Next up I have the Aztec secret Indian healing clay.
- So it's like, you know, you squat down into Indian style, right?
Examples
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At every intersection, young Indian women with babies at their breasts stretched out their hands.
Fiction book (1990) -
They are the oldest Indians in Colombia and very wise.
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These figures on the ground are the men from the Indian village.
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And I was able to see that the Indian wars have never ended.
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Did he happen to have an old Indian shirt with him?
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Because of his citizenship in an Indian nation, they had not yet brought him to trial.
Fiction book (1990) -
So she is a child born to a Cherokee Indian father and a white mother.
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This is a Chumash Indian shaman.
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Both acts seek to define exactly who is Indian and who has a right to confer that designation.
Academic text (2011) -
She learned to speak the Indian language of her ancestors to connect with her heritage.
Synonyms
104
5.6
Living or growing naturally in a place and not moved there from somewhere else
24
6.5
Of the first people or things living in a region
8
3.3
Relating to the original peoples of North or South America and their culture
Relating to the native peoples of the Americas, their cultures, and languages
Relating to Native American people, their languages and cultures
Relating to the native peoples of the Americas, including their languages and culture
Compounds
3
6.5
A person from the Native American tribes of the Great Plains who traditionally lived a nomadic life following buffalo
- Slur
2
9.9
A hurtful racist phrase for a person who gives a gift and later asks for it back
1
5.9
A North American war from 1754 to 1763 between Britain and France that gives Britain control of eastern North America
- Archaic
1
5.1
A person from the native peoples of South America before European arrival
- Archaic
1
8.0
A United States government worker who deals with Native American tribes on a reservation
1
2.8
An Asian elephant that lives in India and nearby countries with smaller ears and tusks, especially in males
- Specialized
1
9.9
A person from the first human groups to live in North or South America during the last Ice Age
- Archaic
A person from a native group in northeastern South America and nearby islands
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and scented night flowers from northern India to Thailand
- Indian
A large tree from India with dark, hard wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A person whose family is both British and Indian, or a British person who lived in India during British rule
A day in the United States on the fourth Friday in September that honors Native Americans
A language first spoken by the native people of the Americas before Europeans arrived
A large dry area east of the Indus River in northwest India and southeast Pakistan
- Indian
A climbing plant with purple flowers and dark red pods containing edible seeds
- Indian
An evergreen tree with shiny leaves and white fragrant flowers that give good shade
- US
A strong plant from eastern and central North America that lives many years with palm-like leaves and blue flowers
- Indian
A large Indian tree that people use for its very dark hard wood in furniture and musical instruments
A small wildflower from the central United States with yellow petals and a red center
A plant from central North America that lives for many years with hairy stems and edible underground roots
- Indian
A small fern with round buttonlike growths on its leaves that grows in warm, humid places
A small tree or shrub with golden-yellow leaves in autumn and small black berries
A low spreading weed that forms a flat green mat with small greenish-white flowers
A plant that lives for many years with divided leaves and brown-purple and orange flowers that hang down
- Archaic
A severe stomach infection that causes sudden watery diarrhoea and vomiting after drinking contaminated water
- Australian
A small to medium thorny tree with thick bunches of bright red flowers and black seeds
- UK
A fast-growing climbing plant with bright orange flowers and edible seeds used like capers
- NSFW
A plant often Cannabis sativa grown for fiber to make rope or for drugs like hashish
- Archaic
A language spoken by the native people of North, Central, or South America
- US
A European plant that lives for one year with small green flowers and bright red berries
- US
A North American plant that lives for many years with grey hairy leaves and a red or yellow dye
- US
A garden plant with bright red or white flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies
A small waxy white or pink plant in shady woods that does not use sunlight to make food
- Archaic
A traditional home used by some Native American groups like a tepee or wigwam
- Indian
A tropical plant with bright flowers often grown for its fiber or found as a weed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indian began as a name used by European explorers who thought they had reached India, so they called the native people 'Indians'. That's why Indian can also mean the native peoples or cultures of the Americas.