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Määritelmät

Adjektiivit

1. Of or relating to India or its people; or (formerly) of the East Indies.
2. (obsolete) Eastern; Oriental.
3. Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
4. (Canada, US, of foods) Made with Indian corn or maize.
5. (chess) Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.

Substantiivit

1. (countable) A person from India.
2. (countable) An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).
3. (countable, obsolete) An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
4. (uncountable) Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.
5. (UK, countable, colloquial) Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine)”.
6. (UK, countable, colloquial) Ellipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine)”.
7. (countable) Ellipsis of Mardi Gras Indian.
8. A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.

Erisnimet

1. (nonstandard) Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
2. (nonstandard, rare) Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.