indiano

indiano

Esperanto

Etymology

From English Indian.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [indiˈano]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: in‧di‧a‧no

Noun

indiano (accusative singular indianon, plural indianoj, accusative plural indianojn)

1. Indian (a member of any of the peoples indigenous to the Americas), Native American

   La "Vojo de Larmoj" disloĝigis 15,000 Ĉerokajn indianojn. ― The "Trail of Tears" dislocated 15,000 Cherokee Indians.

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Galician

Torre dos Moreno, a casa de indianos (house of returned migrants to the Americas) in Ribadeo

Etymology

India +‎ -ano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [inˈdi̯anʊ]

Adjective

indiano m (feminine singular indiana, masculine plural indianos, feminine plural indianas)

1. American (of the Americas)

   Synonym: americano

Noun

indiano m (plural indianos, feminine indiana, feminine plural indianas)

1. American (native of the Americas)

   Synonym: americano

2. local who has come back from the Americas, frequently with a sizeable capital

   Synonym: americano

References

• “indiano” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “indiano” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “indiano” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Interlingua

Noun

indiano (plural indianos)

1. Indian (person from India)
2. Indian, native American (person who is a member of one of the indigenous nations of the Americas)

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Italian

Adjective

indiano (feminine indiana, masculine plural indiani, feminine plural indiane)

1. Indian (of, from or relating to India)
2. Indian (relating to Native Americans)

Noun

indiano m (plural indiani, feminine indiana)

1. Indian (native or inhabitant of India) (male or of unspecified gender)
2. Indian, Native American

   Synonyms: indiano d'America, nativo americano, indio, (rare) amerindio

Related terms

• elefante indiano
• India
• indianista
• Oceano Indiano

 

Anagrams

• anodini, innodia, inondai

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.diˈaː.noː/, [ɪn̪d̪iˈäːnoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.diˈa.no/, [in̪d̪iˈäːno]

Adjective

indiānō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of indiānus

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin indiānus (“Indian”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/ [ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nu/ [ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nu], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ.no/ [ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ.no], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈdjɐ.nu/

Adjective

indiano (feminine indiana, masculine plural indianos, feminine plural indianas, not comparable)

1. Indian (of or relating to India)

   Synonym: hindu

Noun

indiano m (plural indianos, feminine indiana, feminine plural indianas)

1. Indian (someone from India)

   Synonym: hindu

Related terms

• Índia (“India”)
• Índias (“the Indies”)
• índio (“Indian, Native American, aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas”)

 

See also

• indígena (“indigenous person, especially an aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas”)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈdjano/ [ĩn̪ˈd̪ja.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: in‧dia‧no

Adjective

indiano (feminine indiana, masculine plural indianos, feminine plural indianas)

1. Indian (American Indian)
2. having returned to Europe from the Americas very wealthy

Noun

indiano m (plural indianos, feminine indiana, feminine plural indianas)

1. Indian; American Indian
2. someone who returned to Europe from the Americas very wealthy

Descendants

• → Swedish: indian
  • → Finnish: intiaani
• → Tagalog: Indiyano

Further reading

• “indiano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014