Ἰνδία
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.
Compare Persian هند (hend), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).
Ἰνδῐ́ᾱ • (Indíā) f (genitive Ἰνδῐ́ᾱς); first declension
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