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What does India mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word India? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A country in South Asia, official name Republic of India.
  2. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) An area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
  3. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Burma.
  4. The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Name
  1. A female given name of Hindu origin.
    1. (meaning, history) From the name of the country. Also a character in the novel and film, Gone with the Wind.
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The Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan along the Radcliffe Line.
Mercantilism grew, and monopoly trading companies such as the East India Company were established, with trade expanding to the New World.
In 1500, in his voyage to India following Vasco da Gama, Pedro Alvares Cabral reached Brazil, taken by the currents of the South Atlantic Gyre.
The British Parliament passed the Government of India Act of 1858 to this effect, which set up the structure of British government in India.
In 1498, a Portuguese expedition commanded by Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa, opening up direct trade with Asia.

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