índia
Portuguese, noun/ˈĩ.d͡ʒjɐ/
índia is spelled Í-N-D-I-A (5 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,644th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Índia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of índio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of índio. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “país da Ásia, ocupa quase todo o subcontinente indiano; faz fronteira com Paquistão, China, Nepal, Butão…”.
What does índia mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of índio
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of índio
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país da Ásia, ocupa quase todo o subcontinente indiano; faz fronteira com Paquistão, China, Nepal, Butão, Myanmar e Bangladesh
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of índia
- índias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce índia?
- Brazil /ˈĩ.d͡ʒjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈĩ.djɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to índia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is índia in Portuguese?
índia appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).