hindú

/inˈdu/ · B2 · adj

Indian

🇮🇳 hindú sounds like HIN-doo: India's river Indus (Sindhu) gave the name

Spanish hindú comes from Hindu, tied to the Persian word Hind for the land of the Indus River. Say hin-DOO and link it to Indus: the people and things from the Indus region became Hindu, then Indian.

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