Indiana

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US/ˌɪndiˈænə/US[ˌɪndiˈeə̯nə] ~ [ˌɪndiˈɛə̯nə]British, Southern, Standard/ˌɪndɪjˈanə/Australia/ˌɪndiˈæːnə/

proper noun

A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.

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Meanings

proper nounIndiana (countable and uncountable, plural Indianas)

plural Indianas

  1. A placename.
    1. countableuncountableA state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.
      1 more example

      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.

      2014 May 28, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, page 9

      Synonyms: Crossroads of America, IN, Ind.

    2. countableuncountableA municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
    3. countableuncountableA ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
    4. countableuncountableA borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
    5. countableuncountableA barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
    6. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Indiana County: a county of Pennsylvania, United States.
  2. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Indiana University.

    Synonyms: IU

  3. A unisex given name.
    1. countablerareuncountableA male given name.
    2. countablerareuncountableA female given name.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.

proper nounEllipsis of Indiana University.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounUnited States pop artist (born 1928)

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Robert Indiana
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artistcreative person

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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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Translations

Arabic إنديانا
  • إنديانا (ʔindiyānā)US state
Chinese Cantonese 印第安那州
  • 印第安那州 (jan³ dai⁶ on¹ naa⁶ zau¹)US state
Chinese Mandarin 印第安納州 /印第安纳州, 印州
  • 印第安納州 /印第安纳州 (Yìndì'ānnà zhōu)US state
  • 印州 (Yìnzhōu)US state
Czech Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Danish Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Esperanto Indianao
  • IndianaoUS state
Finnish Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
French Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
German Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Greek Ιντιάνα
  • Ιντιάνα (Intiána)US state
Hebrew אינדיאנה
  • אינדיאנה (ʾindiānā)US state
Hindi इंडियाना, इण्डियाना
  • इंडियाना (iṇḍiyānā)US state
  • इण्डियाना (iṇḍiyānā)US state
Hungarian Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Italian Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Japanese インディアナ州
  • インディアナ州 (Indiana-shū)US state
Korean 인디애나
  • 인디애나 (Indiaena)US state
Latvian Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Polish Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Portuguese Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Russian Индиа́на
  • Индиа́на (Indiána)US state
Spanish Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Thai อินดีแอนา
  • อินดีแอนา (in-dii-ɛɛ-nâa)US state
Turkish Indiana
  • IndianaUS state
Ukrainian Індіа́на
  • Індіа́на (Indiána)US state
Yiddish אינדיאַנאַ
  • אינדיאַנאַ (indyana)US state

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

Indiana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indiana

MLA

“Indiana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indiana. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Indiana,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Indiana.

Source: Indiana on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.