India

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun India has 1 sense

india(n = noun.location) bharat, republic of india - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947; Array

is a member of british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations, opec, organization of petroleum-exporting countries, british empire

is a kind of asian country, asian nation

has parts: assam, karnataka, mysore, manipur, hindustan, sikkim, canara, kanara, punjab, delhi, old delhi, bangalore, jabalpur, jubbulpore, calcutta, kolkata, bombay, mumbai, agra, hyderabad, chennai, madras, lucknow, mysore, salem, andhra pradesh, bihar, goa, gujarat, gujerat, madras, tamil nadu, uttar pradesh, gujarat, gujerat, maharashtra, orissa, nilgiri hills, west bengal, cashmere, jammu and kashmir, kashmir, great indian desert, thar desert, brahmaputra, brahmaputra river, ganges, ganges river, himalaya, himalaya mountains, himalayas, kamet, nanda devi, pobeda peak, pobedy peak, tien shan, tyan shan

is a part of asia

Derived form adjective indian₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

India, n. [See Indian.].

A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster]

India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink is sepia. See Sepia. -- India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc., from grass and reeds; -- also called Canton matting or China matting. -- India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not glossy surface, used for printing from engravings, woodcuts, etc. -- India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an engraved plate, taken on India paper. -- India rubber. See Caoutchouc. -- India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.

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