Hindustan

Hindustan
geographical name 1. region N India N of the Deccan including the plain drained by the Indus, the Ganges, & the Brahmaputra 2. the subcontinent of India 3. the Republic of India

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  • Hindustan — ( hi. हिन्दुस्तान [ Hindustān ] , ur. ہندوستان [ Hindustān ] , IPA| [ɦɪn̪d̪ʊst̪aːn] ) is one of the popular names of India. Though the meaning of Hindustan has evolved over the years, today it refers primarily to India. [… …   Wikipedia

  • Hindustan — (persisch, Land der Hindus; Hindi: हिन्दुस्तान, Hindustān ,Urdu: ‏ہندوستان‎, Hindostān) bezeichnet: Die heutige Republik Indien Ein mittelalterliches Reich im Norden des heutigen Indiens, zumeist ist das Mogulreich gemeint Eine Region im Norden… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Hindustan — n. northern region of India where Hinduism predominates. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hindustan —    Hindustan, meaning “Land of the Hindus,” derives from the word “Hindu,” which is the Persian form of “Sindhu,” the Indus River. Hindustan is considered one of the earliest historical names for the nation of Bharat or India . Although… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

  • Hindustan — Hȉndustān m DEFINICIJA geogr. gusto naseljena nizina u S dijelu Indije ETIMOLOGIJA perz. Hindustān: područje Indijaca …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Hindustan — (Hindostan, persisch, d.i. Land der Hindus), heißt bei den Schriftstellern der muhammedanischen Völker (zunächst der Perser) 1) die ganze vorderindische Halbinsel im Allgemeinen, dann 2) insbesondere der nördliche Theil von Vorderindien od. das… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Hindustan — Hindustan, s. Hindostan …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hindustan — (Hindostan), pers. Bezeichnung für das Land der Hindu, d.h. im engern Sinne das Indus und Gangesgebiet, im weitern Sinne ganz Indien …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hindustan — → Indostán …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • Hindustan — 1610s, from Persian, lit. country of the Hindus; see HINDU (Cf. Hindu) + STAN (Cf. stan) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Hindustan — [hin΄do͞o stan′, hin΄doostän′] [see HINDUSTANI] 1. kingdom in N India in the 15th & 16th cent. 2. region in N India, between the Vindhya Mountains & the Himalayas, where Hindi is spoken 3. the entire Indian subcontinent 4. the republic of India …   English World dictionary

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