India is the vast country of Delhi, curry and the Taj Mahal. Travel to India, born in India, the south of India.
It is the most populous country in the world and has twenty-two official languages, with Hindi and English used across the whole of it. The Taj Mahal is a tomb rather than a palace, built by an emperor for his wife.
1nounindiaA large country in South Asia.
“New Delhi is the capital of India.”
india is a country.
Old English
Indea
English
India
English, today
india
India comes from Old English Indea. Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (“Indus river”), from peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु, ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian síndʰuš (“river”). Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), fa-cls هند (“India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (“a river, stream”). a doublet of Indus and Sindhu and Hindu and Sindh.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA