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Indiana
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English
Etymology
From Indian + -a. From “Indiana Territory” dating from 1800, noting the territory's large Native American Indian population. From indian territory.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana (countable and uncountable, plural Indianas)
- A placename.
- A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.
- Synonyms: (nickname) Crossroads of America, IN, Ind.
- 2014 May, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, page 9:
- After some political wrangling, the state legislature acquiesced to the will of the majority of the Marion County delegation and approved the Unigov bill in the winter of 1969. The legislation applied to ANY city in Indiana that had a population of 250,000 or more. The population threshold has been subsequently raised to 600,000 to prevent other cities from consolidating.
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
- A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
- Coordinate terms: Abian, Abinganan, Aliaga, Almaguer North, Almaguer South, Banggot, Barat, Buag, Calaocan, Dullao, Homestead, Indiana, Mabuslo, Macate, Magsaysay Hills, Manamtam, Mauan, Pallas, Salinas, San Antonio North, San Antonio South, San Fernando, San Leonardo, Santo Domingo Proper, Santo Domingo West — barangays of Bambang
- Ellipsis of Indiana County: a county of Pennsylvania, United States.
- A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.
- Ellipsis of Indiana University.
- Synonyms: Indiana, IU
- Coordinate terms: Indiana State, ISU (not to be confused); IUP (not to be confused)
- (rare) A unisex given name.
- (rare) A male given name.
- (rare) A female given name.
Derived terms
Translations
US state
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See also
| States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming |
| Federal district: Washington, D.C. |
| Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands |
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Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Indiana (genitive Indianas)
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
Indiana (accusative singular Indianan, plural Indianaj, accusative plural Indianajn)
- Native American; American Indian
- Li parolas tri Indianajn lingvojn. ― He speaks three Native American languages.
See also
- Indiano
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
Declension
Derived terms
compounds
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Haitian Creole
Etymology
Proper noun
Indiana
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
- Synonym: Enndyana
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana f
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
Indiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.diˈaː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.diˈaː.na]
Proper noun
Indiāna f sg (genitive Indiānae); first declension
- (New Latin) Indiana (a state of the United States)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana f
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
Declension
Declension of Indiana
Further reading
- Indiana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana m
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
- a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
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Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana f (genitive singular Indiany, declension pattern of žena)
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
References
- “Indiana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indiana f
- Indiana (a state of the United States)
Related terms
See also
Indiana on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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