Indiana

See also: indiana and indiāņa

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪndiˈænə/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænə

Proper noun

Indiana (countable and uncountable, plural Indianas)

  1. A placename.
    1. A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.
      Synonyms: (nickname) Crossroads of America, IN, Ind.
      • 2014 May, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation[1], page 9‎[2]:
        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. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
    3. A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    5. A barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
      Coordinate terms: Abian, Abinganan, Aliaga, Almaguer North, Almaguer South, Banggot, Barat, Buag, Calaocan, Dullao, Homestead, Indiana, Mabuslo, Macate, Magsaysay Hills, Manamtam, Mauan, Pallas, Salinas, San Antonio North, San Antonio South, San Fernando, San Leonardo, Santo Domingo Proper, Santo Domingo Westbarangays of Bambang
    6. Ellipsis of Indiana County: a county of Pennsylvania, United States.
  2. Ellipsis of Indiana University.
    Synonyms: Indiana, IU
    Coordinate terms: Indiana State, ISU (not to be confused); IUP (not to be confused)
  3. (rare) A unisex given name.
    1. (rare) A male given name.
    2. (rare) A female given name.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Divisions of the United States of America in English (layout · text)
States: Alabama · Alaska · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Louisiana · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · North Carolina · North Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · South Carolina · South Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · West Virginia · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Federal district: Washington, D.C.
Territories: American Samoa · Guam · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · United States minor outlying islands · United States Virgin Islands

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Indiana.

Proper noun

Indiana (genitive Indianas)

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /indiˈana/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: In‧di‧a‧na

Adjective

Indiana (accusative singular Indianan, plural Indianaj, accusative plural Indianajn)

  1. Native American; American Indian
    Li parolas tri Indianajn lingvojn.He speaks three Native American languages.

See also

Finnish

Etymology

From English Indiana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈindiɑnɑ/, [ˈindiˌɑ̝nɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
  • Syllabification(key): In‧di‧a‧na
  • Hyphenation(key): In‧dia‧na

Proper noun

Indiana

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)

Declension

Inflection of Indiana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Indiana
genitive Indianan
partitive Indianaa
illative Indianaan
singular plural
nominative Indiana
accusative nom. Indiana
gen. Indianan
genitive Indianan
partitive Indianaa
inessive Indianassa
elative Indianasta
illative Indianaan
adessive Indianalla
ablative Indianalta
allative Indianalle
essive Indianana
translative Indianaksi
abessive Indianatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Indiana (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Indianani
accusative nom. Indianani
gen. Indianani
genitive Indianani
partitive Indianaani
inessive Indianassani
elative Indianastani
illative Indianaani
adessive Indianallani
ablative Indianaltani
allative Indianalleni
essive Indiananani
translative Indianakseni
abessive Indianattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Indianasi
accusative nom. Indianasi
gen. Indianasi
genitive Indianasi
partitive Indianaasi
inessive Indianassasi
elative Indianastasi
illative Indianaasi
adessive Indianallasi
ablative Indianaltasi
allative Indianallesi
essive Indiananasi
translative Indianaksesi
abessive Indianattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Indianamme
accusative nom. Indianamme
gen. Indianamme
genitive Indianamme
partitive Indianaamme
inessive Indianassamme
elative Indianastamme
illative Indianaamme
adessive Indianallamme
ablative Indianaltamme
allative Indianallemme
essive Indiananamme
translative Indianaksemme
abessive Indianattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Indiananne
accusative nom. Indiananne
gen. Indiananne
genitive Indiananne
partitive Indianaanne
inessive Indianassanne
elative Indianastanne
illative Indianaanne
adessive Indianallanne
ablative Indianaltanne
allative Indianallenne
essive Indianananne
translative Indianaksenne
abessive Indianattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Indianansa
accusative nom. Indianansa
gen. Indianansa
genitive Indianansa
partitive Indianaansa
inessive Indianassaan
Indianassansa
elative Indianastaan
Indianastansa
illative Indianaansa
adessive Indianallaan
Indianallansa
ablative Indianaltaan
Indianaltansa
allative Indianalleen
Indianallensa
essive Indiananaan
Indiananansa
translative Indianakseen
Indianaksensa
abessive Indianattaan
Indianattansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From English Indiana.

Proper noun

Indiana

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)
    Synonym: Enndyana

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Indiana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdja.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: In‧dià‧na

Proper noun

Indiana f

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)

Anagrams


Divisions of the United States of America in Italian (layout · text)
Stati: Alabama · Alasca (Alaska) · Arizona · Arkansas · California · Colorado · Connecticut · Delaware · Florida · Georgia · Hawaii · Idaho · Illinois · Indiana · Iowa · Kansas · Kentucky · Luisiana (Louisiana) · Maine · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Minnesota · Mississippi · Missouri · Montana · Nebraska · Nevada · New Hampshire · New Jersey · New Mexico · New York · Carolina Settentrionale · Nord Dakota · Ohio · Oklahoma · Oregon · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Carolina Meridionale · Sud Dakota · Tennessee · Texas · Utah · Vermont · Virginia · Washington · Virginia Occidentale · Wisconsin · Wyoming
Distretto federale: Washington D.C.
Territori: Samoa americane · Guam · Isole Marianne Settentrionali · Porto Rico · Isole minori esterne degli Stati Uniti · Isole Vergini Americane

Japanese

Romanization

Indiana

  1. Rōmaji transcription of インディアナ

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Indiāna f sg (genitive Indiānae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Indiana (a state of the United States)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Indiāna
genitive Indiānae
dative Indiānae
accusative Indiānam
ablative Indiānā
vocative Indiāna
locative Indiānae

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Indiana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdja.na/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: In‧dia‧na

Proper noun

Indiana f

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)

Declension

Further reading

  • Indiana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.d͡ʒiˈɐ.na/ [ĩ.d͡ʒɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈd͡ʒjɐ.na/
 

  • Homophone: indiana
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a‧na

Proper noun

Indiana m

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)
  2. a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /indiana/, [ˈindiana]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a‧na

Proper noun

Indiana f (demonym Indiančan, female demonym Indiančanka)

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Indiana
(pattern žena)
singular
nominativeIndiana
genitiveIndiany
dativeIndiane
accusativeIndianu
locativeIndiane
instrumentalIndianou

Further reading

  • Indiana”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈdjana/ [ĩn̪ˈd̪ja.na]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: In‧dia‧na

Proper noun

Indiana f

  1. Indiana (a state of the United States)

See also