How to say 'India' in Japanese | インド

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The Japanese word for India is 'Indo', written as インド in Japanese.

word

インド

Meaning

India

Reading

Indo

Explanation

The Japanese proper noun 'インド (いんど)' refers to the country 'India'. It is used in contexts discussing geography, culture, or anything related to India. For example: I want to visit India「インドに行きたい」(いんどにいきたい). Indian food is spicy「インド料理は辛い」(いんどりょうりはからい). The word is written in katakana, which is typically used for foreign loanwords and proper nouns in Japanese.

Part Of Speech

proper noun

Frequency

1975

Composition

katakana

Handwriting

Katakana in the Word インド

This word contains 3 Katakana characters :

katakana

イ

Reading

katakana

ン

Reading

katakana

ド

Reading

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'Indo' means 'India' .

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