Meaning of Hindian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A native Indian (plural often same as singular)
2. A town and district in Khuzistan, Iran, now Hendijan.
3. A Hindustani in the sense of an Indian from north of the Deccan, a Hindustani-speaker or a bearer of that culture
   India, South, derogatory, sometimes
4. An old name for the Zohreh River separating Khuzistan and Bushehr provinces, named after the town.
5. A native Indian of whatever religion, as a person of Hindu culture
6. An Asian Indian

Examples

“Dravida Kazhagam was started by E. V. Ramaswany in 1944 to protect Dravida Nadu, comprising the southern regions of the Indian subcontinent, from northern domination (more specifically Hindian domination) by establishing an independent Dravidian Nation. [...] Hindian domination of Tamil Nadu culturally, continued Hindi imposition, transfer of billions of Rupees from Tamil Nadu to Hindi states during the past five decades and the total impotence of Tamil Nadu politicians to do anything about it have convinced Tamil nationalists that Tamil national rights cannot be protected within India and the liberation of Tamil Nadu from Indian rule is the only solution. [parentheticals removed]”

“In the end surely the Hindians must triumph. The peninsula's too small and they're just too powerful.”

“the misunderstandings and differences between Dutch and Hindians—the terminological shifts between Dutch and Europeans, on the one hand, and between Hindians and Javanese on the other”

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