Antonyms for
indian
Of or relating to India or its people
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No Antonyms Found for Indian

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All Definitions for Indian

Below are all the dictionary definitions of indian:

1Of or relating to India or its people
2Or (formerly) of the East Indies.
3A person from India.
4Of or relating to the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
5An American Indian, a member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (generally excluding the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, and Yupik).
6Made with Indian corn or maize.
7Designating any of various chess openings now characterised by black's attempt to control the board through knights and fianchettoed bishops rather than with a central pawn advance.
8Any language spoken by natives of India, especially Hindi.
9A kind of marble (spherical toy) with colored bands on an opaque black base.
10An indigenous inhabitant of Australia, New Zealand or the Pacific islands.
11Eastern
12Oriental.
13Any of the (unrelated) languages spoken by American Indians.
14Ellipsis of Indian cuisine.
15Ellipsis of Indian meal (“meal consisting of Indian cuisine”).
16Ellipsis of Indian restaurant (“restaurant serving Indian cuisine”).
17Ellipsis of Mardi Gras Indian. [One of the black carnival revellers in New Orleans, Louisiana, who dress up for Mardi Gras in suits influenced by Native American ceremonial apparel. They are divided into tribes.]
18Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigene”). [(countable) A person from India.]
19Alternative letter-case form of Indian (“indigenous”). [Of or relating to India or its people
20Or (formerly) of the East Indies.]

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