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India
1[ in-dee-uh ]
noun
- Hindi · [buh, -, r, uht]. Official_name Re·pub·lic of In·di·a [ri-, puhb, -lik , uh, v , in, -dee-, uh]. a republic in South Asia comprising 28 states and 8 union territories: formerly a British colony that gained independence 1947, becoming a parliamentary republic within the Commonwealth of Nations 1950. 1,269,219 square miles (3,287,263 square kilometers). : New Delhi.
India
2[ in-dee-uh ]
noun
- a word used in communications to represent the letter I.
India
/ ˈɪԻɪə /
noun
- a republic in S Asia: history dates from the Indus Valley civilization (3rd millennium bc ); came under British supremacy in 1763 and passed to the British Crown in 1858; nationalist movement arose under Gandhi (1869–1948); Indian subcontinent divided into Pakistan (Muslim) and India (Hindu) in 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth in 1950. It consists chiefly of the Himalayas, rising over 7500 m (25 000 ft) in the extreme north, the Ganges plain in the north, the Thar Desert in the northwest, the Chota Nagpur plateau in the northeast, and the Deccan Plateau in the south. Official and administrative languages: Hindi and English; each state has its own language. Parts of the SE coast suffered badly in the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. Religion: Hindu majority, Muslim minority. Currency: rupee. Capital: New Delhi. Pop: 1 220 800 359 (2013 est). Area: 3 268 100 sq km (1 261 813 sq miles) Hindi nameBharat
- communications a code word for the letter i
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Origin of India2
Example Sentences
The other three nations in the top five list of the world's largest footwear producers are India, Vietnam and Indonesia.
We were living in Hyderabad, India, and my dad took me and my little brother to an Imax theater called Prasads.
Will India be able to stop the Indus river and two of its tributaries from flowing into Pakistan?
By comparison, India spends $1.5bn a year to feed 120 million children in what is the world's largest such programme.
Elizabeth and Letitia, from West Sussex, are racing four other teams from China to India in the fifth series of the reality show, which launched on BBC1 on Wednesday.
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