indian
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1. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | natural language, tongue, |
| definition | : | a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | algonquian, algonquian language, algonquin, |
| definition | : | family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | na-dene, |
| definition | : | a family of North American Indian languages (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | mosan, |
| definition | : | a family of Amerindian languages spoken in Washington and British Columbia (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | caddo, caddoan, caddoan language, |
| definition | : | a family of North American Indian languages spoken widely in the Midwest by the Caddo (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | arawak, arawakan, |
| definition | : | a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | maya, mayan, mayan language, |
| definition | : | a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | siouan, siouan language, |
| definition | : | a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | tanoan, tanoan language, |
| definition | : | a family of North American Indian language spoken in southwestern United States (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hoka, hokan, |
| definition | : | a family of Amerindian languages spoken in California (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | penutian, |
| definition | : | a family of Amerindian language spoken in the great interior valley of California (noun.communication) |
2. a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | amerindian, native american, |
| definition | : | any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | algonquian, algonquin, |
| definition | : | a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | anasazi, |
| definition | : | a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | athabascan, athabaskan, athapascan, athapaskan, |
| definition | : | a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | maya, mayan, |
| definition | : | a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | nahuatl, |
| definition | : | a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | olmec, |
| definition | : | a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | zapotec, zapotecan, |
| definition | : | a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900 (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | buffalo indian, plains indian, |
| definition | : | a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | chickasaw, |
| definition | : | a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | coeur d'alene, |
| definition | : | a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | creek, |
| definition | : | any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | haida, |
| definition | : | a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | hoka, hokan, |
| definition | : | a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | iroquois, |
| definition | : | any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | muskhogean, muskogean, |
| definition | : | a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | penutian, |
| definition | : | a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | pueblo, |
| definition | : | a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | injun, red man, redskin, |
| definition | : | (slang) offensive term for Native Americans (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | salish, |
| definition | : | a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | shoshone, shoshoni, |
| definition | : | a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | taracahitian, |
| definition | : | a member of a group of peoples of Mexico (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | tlingit, |
| definition | : | a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | wakashan, |
| definition | : | a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | aleut, aleutian, |
| definition | : | a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and southwestern Alaska (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | eskimo, esquimau, inuit, |
| definition | : | a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people') (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | paleo-american, paleo-amerind, paleo-indian, |
| definition | : | a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | sannup, |
| definition | : | a married male American Indian (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | squaw, |
| definition | : | an American Indian woman (noun.person) |
3. a native or inhabitant of India (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | asian, asiatic, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Asia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | assamese, |
| definition | : | native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | dravidian, |
| definition | : | a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed south by Caucasians and now mixed with them) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | gujarati, gujerati, |
| definition | : | a member of the people of Gujarat (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | kashmiri, |
| definition | : | a member of the people of Kashmir (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | oriya, |
| definition | : | a member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | panjabi, punjabi, |
| definition | : | a member of the majority people of Punjab in northwestern India (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mahratta, maratha, |
| definition | : | a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | bohemian, gipsy, gypsy, roma, romani, romany, rommany, |
| definition | : | a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | jawan, |
| definition | : | (India) a private soldier or male constable (noun.person) |
| member meronym | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
| member meronym | : | indian race, |
| definition | : | sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India (noun.person) |
4. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians (noun.communication)
5. a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived (noun.person)
6. of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages (adj.pert)
7. of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
8. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians (noun.communication)
9. a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived (noun.person)
10. of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages (adj.pert)
11. of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | bharat, india, republic of india, |
| definition | : | a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 (noun.location) |
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