Indo

See also: indo, indo-, -indo, indo', and Indo-

English

Noun

Indo (plural Indos)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• dino, noid, doin', DINO, Dion, Odin, doin, Dino, Noid, doni, dino-, do in, nido-, nodi, NOID

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of Indo-Europeaan (“Indonesian-European”), from Indo- (“Indonesian”) + Europeaan (“European”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.doː/
• Hyphenation: In‧do

Noun

Indo m (plural Indo's, diminutive Indootje n)

1. a person of partially native Indonesian and partially European descent

Hyponyms

• 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]

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Indo (“A person of mixed Indonesian and European descent”), from Latin indo- (“India, East Indies”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪndo/
• Rhymes: -do, -o
• Hyphenation: In‧do

Proper noun

Indo

1. Indo-Europeaan: a person of mixed Indonesian and European descent.
2. clipping of Indonesia

Further reading

• “Indo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, 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

1. Indus (river)

Anagrams

• Dino, doni, nido, nodi, ondi

Japanese

Romanization

Indo

1. Rōmaji transcription of インド

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈĩ.du/

• Homophone: indo
• Hyphenation: In‧do

Proper noun

Indo m

1. Indus (a large river in south-central Asia, rising in China (Tibet) and flowing through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈindo/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -indo
• Syllabification: In‧do

Proper noun

Indo m

1. Indus (a large river in south-central Asia, rising in China (Tibet) and flowing through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea)

Derived terms

• Indo-

 

Related terms

• India

 

Anagrams

• Dion
• nido
• Odín