Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - indian
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a a native or national of India. b a person of Indian descent. 2 (in full American Indian) a member of the aboriginal peoples of America or their descendants. 3 any of the languages of the aboriginal peoples of America. --adj. 1 of or relating to India, or to the subcontinent comprising India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. 2 of or relating to the aboriginal peoples of America. Phrases and idioms Indian clubs a pair of bottle-shaped clubs swung to exercise the arms in gymnastics. Indian corn maize. Indian elephant the elephant, Elephas maximus, of India, which is smaller than the African elephant. Indian file = single file. Indian hemp see HEMP 1. Indian ink Brit. 1 a black pigment made orig. in China and Japan. 2 a dark ink made from this, used esp. in drawing and technical graphics. Indian Ocean the ocean between Africa to the west, and Australia to the east. Indian rope-trick the supposed Indian feat of climbing an upright unsupported length of rope. Indian summer 1 a period of unusually dry warm weather sometimes occurring in late autumn. 2 a late period of life characterized by comparative calm. Etymology: ME f. India ult. f. Gk Indos the River Indus f. Pers. Hind: cf. HINDU ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. индиец; индианка the Indians —- собир. индийцы 2. индеец; индианка the Indians —- собир. индейцы Red Indian —- краснокожий (индеец) 3. индийский; относящийся к Индии 4. индейский, относящийся к американским индейцам Id: Indian gift —- подарок, в обмен за который нужно дать равноценный Id: Indian giver —- берущий обратно свой подарок или ожидающий в ответ равноценный подарок ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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summer noun золотая осень; бабье лето INDIAN Ocean noun Индийский океан INDIAN 1. adj. 1) индийский - Indian civilian 2) индейский (относящийся к амер. индейцам) 2. noun 1) индиец 2) индеец (Сев. и Южн. Америки) 3) европеец, долго живший в Индии INDIAN blue noun индиго INDIAN cane noun бамбук INDIAN civilian hist. гражданский чиновник в Индии INDIAN club noun sport булава INDIAN corn noun маис, кукуруза INDIAN ink noun тушь ...Англо-русский словарь
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(Indians) 1. Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture. ...the Indian government. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. An Indian is an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin. N-COUNT 3. Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for them now is Native Americans. (OLD-FASHIONED) N-COUNT 4. see also Anglo-Indian ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 someone from India 2 someone from one of the races that lived in North, South, and Central America before Europeans arrived ~2 adj 1 from or connected with India 2 connected with Indians ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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