Meaning

7 senses
  1. A placename.

    (countable, uncountable)A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.

    Indiana

    Индиа́наIndiána

    Індіа́наIndiána

  2. (countable, uncountable)A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

  6. A unisex given name.

    (countable, rare, uncountable)A male given name.

  7. (countable, rare, uncountable)A female given name.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Arthur Brand is known as the Indiana Jones of the Art World.

  2. The Rosenfelders live in Wheaton, Indiana.

  3. Watch out for police on the Indiana highways.

  4. Layla was sentenced for life inside an Indiana women's prison.

  5. Indiana Jones wondered if it wasn't a trap when the room became silent.

Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Indian + -a. From Indiana Territory, dating from 1800, noting the territory's large N

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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