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Indiana

//ˌɪndiˈænə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A placename.; A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis. countable, uncountable

    "After some political wrangling, the state legislature acquiesced to the will of the majority of the Marion County delegation and approved the Unigov bill in the winter of 1969. The legislation applied to ANY city in Indiana that had a population of 250,000 or more. The population threshold has been subsequently raised to 600,000 to prevent other cities from consolidating."

  2. 2
    A placename.; A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename.; A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename.; A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename.; A barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename.; Ellipsis of Indiana County: a county of Pennsylvania, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of Indiana University. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  3. 8
    A unisex given name.; A male given name. countable, rare, uncountable
  4. 9
    A unisex given name.; A female given name. countable, rare, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    United States pop artist (born 1928) wordnet

Etymology

From Indian + -a. From “Indiana Territory” dating from 1800, noting the territory's large Native American Indian population. From indian territory.

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