meaning of indian
1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
4. A native or inhabitant of India.
5. One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; -- so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India.
6. any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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