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Indo
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English
Etymology
Clipping of Indo-European or Indonesia; from Dutch Indo.
Noun
Indo (plural Indos)
- A Eurasian person living in or connected with Indonesia, especially (historical) a person in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but was of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent, or a descendant of such a person.
- (informal, chiefly Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) Indonesia (a country in Asia)
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Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of Indo-Europeaan (“Indonesian-European”), from Indo- (“Indonesian”) + Europeaan (“European”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Indo m (plural Indo's, diminutive Indootje n)
- a person of partially native Indonesian and partially European descent
- Synonyms: Indo-Europeaan, (derogatory) liplap
- Hyponyms: nonna, sinjo
Derived terms
- indorock
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Indo (“A person of mixed Indonesian and European descent”), from Latin indo- (“India, East Indies”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indo
- Indo-Europeaan: a person of mixed Indonesian and European descent
- clipping of Indonesia
Further reading
- “Indo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós).
Proper noun
Indo m
- Indus (river)
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Portuguese
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Indo m
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿduš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus or Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Indo m
- Indus (a large river in south-central Asia, rising in China (Tibet) and flowing through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea)
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