Indian 
In·dian (in′dē ən)
adjective
- of India or its peoples, languages, or cultures
- of the East Indies or their peoples or cultures
- of American Indians or their languages or cultures; Native American
- of a type used or made by Indians
- ☆ made of maize, or Indian corn
Etymology: LL Indianus < L India
noun
- a person born or living in India or the East Indies
- American Indian; Native American
- popularly any of the languages spoken by American Indian peoples
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Indian
modif.
Indian
n.
American native
Native American, American Indian, Amerindian, Homo Americanus, American aborigine, red man*. see language 2.Terms for specific Indian groups include --- United States and Canada:Arctic Indians: Inuit, Eskimo, Aleut, Sitka, Yupik; eastern or Woods Indians: Iroquois or Six Nations, Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onandaga, Cayuga, Ottawa, Huron or Wyandot, Algonquin or Algonkin, Pequot, Micmac, Narragansett, Mohican, Delaware, Penobscot, Conestoga, Tuscarora, Ojibway or Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Pottawattamie, Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek or Muskogee, Natchez, Biloxi, Winnebago; Plains Indians: Sioux, Missouri, Oglala, Mandan, Iowa, Omaha, Comanche, Dakota or Lakota, Crow, Kaw, Osage, Ponca, Apache, Kiowa, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Caddo; Great Basin Indians: Blackfoot, Ute, Paiute, Shoshone, Bannock, Modoc, Digger, Pueblo, Hopi, Navaho, Pima, Cree, Anasazi, Moqui, Papago, Zuni, Folsom; west coast Indians: Athabascan, Salish, Costanoa, Chinook, Coos, Nez Percé, Maidu, Tlingit, Flathead, Pend d'Oreille, Coeur d'Alene, Kwakiutl, Bella Coola, Thompson, Miwok, Yuma, Klamath, Shasta, Luiseño, Pomo, Nutka, Haida; Mexico and Central America: Maya, Aztec, Toltec, Mixtec, Nahuat or Nahuatl, Pepil, Tabasco, Zacateca, Huasteco, Serrano, Seri, Macateco, Quiche; South America: Inca, Quechua, Carib, Aymara, Otuke, Bravo, Campa, Ande, Chiquito, Fuega, Patagonia, Tupi, Arawak, Calchaquia, Tocomona, Charrua, Mataguaya, Chango; for terms arranged by language;
A native of India
South Asian, Hindu, Hindustani, Bengali, Punjabi, Maratha, Rajput, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Brahmin, Kshatriya, Sudra.
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His name was Shadow, short for ShadowThat Comes in Sight, an old Indian name, Apache or Cheyenne. I very much approved of this.You don't want dogs called Spot or Pooch.You don't want dogs called Nigel or Keith. The names of dogs should salute the mystical drama of the animal life. Shadowöthat's a good name.
Si hay poes|¤a en nuestra Ame¤ rica, ella esta¤ en las cosas viejas: en Palenke y Uatla¤ n, en el indio legendario y el inca sensual y fino y en el gran Moctezuma de la silla de oro. Lo dema¤ s es tuyo, demo¤ crataWaltWhitman. If there is poetry in our America, it is in ancient items: in Palenke and Uatla¤ n, in the legendary Indian and in the sensuous and elegant Inca and the great Moctezuma. The rest is yours, democratic Walt Whitman.
Whoever the last true cowboy in America turns out to be, he's likely to be an Indian. «
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