Hindustan

name, slang

name, slang ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    India (Republic of India). colloquial
  2. 2
    The entire region of the Indian subcontinent. dated

    "He did not wish to steal anything. He only desired to know what to steal, and, incidentally, how to get away when he had stolen it. He thanked all the Gods of Hindustan, and Herbert Spencer, that there remained some valuables to steal."

  3. 3
    The northern (properly north central) region of India. obsolete

Synonyms

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indiaaryavartabharathind

Example

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"Indians know their country by many names: "Bharat" from Sanskrit, "Hindustan" from Persian and "India" from English."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani ہِنْدُوسْتان (hindūstān) / हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), itself from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān, “Indian subcontinent”). By surface analysis, Hindu + -stan.

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