indian

Определение indian в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads"; 1) A member of any of the peoples who are the original inhabitants of the western hemisphere south of the Arctic coast region 2) A member of any of the peoples who are the original inhabitants of the western hemisphere (Canadian Supreme Court 19??); One of the aboriginal inhabitants of America; so called originally from the supposed identity of America with India; Misnomer created by Columbus referring to indigenous peoples of New World; implies social and ethnic commonality among Native Americans that did not exist; still used to apply to Native Americans (p 399); The term Indian is a generic one, used in much the same way as Native, a means of "outside-naming" Used to describe those who are descendants of the first inhabitants of what is now Canada; Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like; of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris; The term "Indian" is narrowly defined by the Indian Act Indian peoples are one of three groups of people recognized as one of Canada's Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution Act, 1982 There are three legal definitions that apply to Indians in Canada: Status Indians, Non-status Indians and Treaty Indians; of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris"; Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk; a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived; any of the languages spoken by Amerindians; Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies; a native or inhabitant of India; of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads"; (Added 7/98) means any person who is a member of any Indian tribe, band, group, pueblo, or community which is recognized by the Federal Government as eligible for services from the Bureau of Indian Affairs in accordance with 25 U S C 1452(c) and any "Native" as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U S C 1601); European explorers invented this term to describe Aboriginal persons Governments in the Americas also used it (and still do sometimes); A hand-made glass marble made from cane, dark base glass (can be opaque, translucent or transparent, though appears black, with stripes of bright colors applied to the surface of the marble Sometimes found misshapen, as though hurriedly manufactured Manufactured by the Creighton Brothers at The American Marble & Toy Manufacturing Company in Akron, Ohio in 1894 Also made by the Germans, because of its lower cost production than their other swirl type cane marbles enabling them to better compete for American market share during the machine-marble age The more spherical and the greater amount of colored stripes, the greater the value (Also see Banded Opaque ); An Australian Aborigine; Of or related to the indigenous peoples of the Americas (but not the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik); A Maori; An Indian meal
We're going out tonight for an Indian.; Person from India; A member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (but not a member of the Aleut, Inuit, Metis, or Yupik); Of or related to India or its people; An Indian is an Indian citizen, or a person of Indian origin; Of, or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas, the people who lived in the Americas before the Europeans came, as well as the descendants of such people; {i} resident of India, one of Indian origin; member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting North and South America or the West Indies, Native American, American Indian, Amerindian; {s} of or pertaining to India, of Indian origin; of or pertaining to Native American Indians, of Native American origin; Indian means belonging or relating to India, or to its people or culture. the Indian government; Indians are the people who lived in North, South, or Central America before Europeans arrived, or people related to them. The usual name for them now is Native Americans. see also Anglo-Indian. American Indian American Indian languages American Indian Movement American Indian religions North American Indian religions South Indian People's Party Californian Indian Eastern Indian bronze Eastern Woodlands Indian French and Indian War Indian law Indian Mutiny Indian National Congress Indian Ocean Indian paintbrush Indian philosophy Indian pipe Indian Removal Act Indian Reorganization Act Indian Territory Northwest Coast Indian Plains Indian Plateau Indian Pueblo Indian Red River Indian War Indian licorice South Indian bronze Southeast Indian Great Indian Desert Indian buffalo Western Indian bronze; Individual of or related to, the aboriginal people of the Americas, before the arrival of Europeans. Also: Amerindian, Native American; Of or pertaining to India or its people; ind
indian basil: (Botanik, Bitkibilim) Holy basil, Ocimum sanctum, regarded by Hindus as sacred to Vishnu
indian strawberry: (Botanik, Bitkibilim) The mock strawberry or "Gurbir", Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica), also called Indian strawberry or false strawberry, has foliage and fruit similar to true strawberry, though it is not in the genus Fragaria. It can readily be distinguished by its yellow flowers, as opposed to the flowers of true strawberries which are white or slightly pink. It is native to eastern and southern Asia, but has been introduced to many other areas as an ornamental plant. It has been naturalized in many regions, including the southern United States, and is considered a noxious weed in some regions
indian agent: a representative of the federal government to American Indian tribes (especially on Indian reservations)
indian beech: evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
indian blackwood: East Indian tree having a useful dark purple wood
indian buffalo: upland buffalo of eastern Asia where true water buffaloes do not thrive; used for draft and milk
indian button fern: fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
indian chief: the leader of a group of native Americans
indian club: a bottle-shaped club used in exercises
indian cobra: of tropical Africa and Asia
indian coral tree: small to medium-sized thorny tree of tropical Asia and northern Australia having dense clusters of scarlet or crimson flowers and black seeds
indian crocus: any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing 1 or 2 solitary slender-stalked white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers
indian elephant: Asian elephant having smaller ears and tusks primarily in the male
indian file: a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
indian giver: one who ask you to return the present he has given you
indian hemp: Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints source of e
indian hemp: bhang and hashish as well as fiber
indian lettuce: a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves
indian madder: perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient
indian mallow: velvetleaf: tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
indian mallow: tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States
indian monetary unit: monetary unit in India
indian mongoose: keen-sighted viverrine of southern Asia about the size of a ferret; often domesticated
indian mutiny: discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and seiges (notably the seige at Lucknow)
indian ocean: the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the East and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south
indian paintbrush: erect perennial of eastern and southern United States having showy orange flowers
indian paintbrush: any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts
indian pipe: small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
indian plantain: any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain
indian poke: pokeweed of southeastern Asia and China
indian python: very large python of southeast Asia
indian race: usually included in the Mongoloid race sometimes included in the Caucasian race; native to the subcontinent of India
indian rat snake: enter buildings in pursuit of prey
indian rattlebox: erect subshrub having purple-tinted flowers and an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle; India
indian red: a reddish brown resembling the red soil used as body paint by American indians a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics
indian reservation: a reservation set aside for the use of indians
indian rhinoceros: having one horn
indian rhododendron: evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers
indian rupee: the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise
indian summer: An unseasonably warm period near the middle of autumn, usually following a substantial period of cool weather
indian summer: A period of abnormally warm weather in mid to late autumn with clear skies and cool nights A first frost normally precedes this warm spell
indian summer: a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
indian summer: occurring during mid to late autumn after the first frost, a period of unusually warm weather with clear skies and cool nights infrared radiation: the portion of energy that has a wavelength between 0 8 micrometers (just above visible radiation) to 0 1 millimeters (microwave radiation) instability: a state of the atmosphere when a parcel of air will keep moving either up or down from its starting position when moved An unstable atmosphere is often associated with severe weather Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ): belt of clouds and thunderstorms that runs parallel to the equator and marks where the trade winds of both hemispheres come together Shifts seasonally, and is associated with monsoons and dry seasons in some regions isobar: a line of equal pressure resembling a contour line on a map isotherm: a line passing through points of equal temperature on a map
indian tobacco: North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic
indian trail: a trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians
ındian: {n} a native of the Indies, an aboriginal
ındian: {a} pertaining to the Indians
american indian: any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
american indian: a member of the race of people living in North America when Europeans arrived
american indian day: US: the 4th Friday in September
anglo-indian: a person of English citizenship born or living in India relating to British India or the English in India
east indian: Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies
east indian: of or relating to or located in the East Indies
east indian: A native of, or a dweller in, the East Indies
french and indian war: a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes); 1755-1760
plains indian: a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America
south american indian: a member of a native Indian group in South America
west indian: Belonging or relating to the West Indies
west indian: a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
west indian: A native of, or a dweller in, the West Indies
west indian: of the West Indies
west indian jasmine: tall sparingly branched conical tree having large fragrant yellow flowers with white centers