See Also: Indo Pos(finance)
Indo-(dictionary)
Indo-(1)(dictionary)
Indo-(2)(dictionary)
indo-(dictionary)
Indo Internacional S.A.(finance)
Indo (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Indo-Iranian(dictionary)
Indo-European(dictionary)
Indo-Aryan(dictionary)

Indo-(1) (iou)



Indo- combining form1.
[from Latin Indus, Greek Indos Indian: see -O-.]
Forming nouns and adjectives with the sense 'Indian and ', chiefly denoting the combination of Indian with some other (ethnological or linguistic) characteristic.
Indo-Aby'ssinian adjective of or pertaining to both the Dravidians of India and the Hamites of NE Africa L19.
Indo-'African adjective (a) of or pertaining to both India and Africa; (b) pertaining to Indians and Africans in South Africa: M19.
Indo-'Anglian adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to literature in English written by Indian authors; (b) noun a writer of such literature: L19.
Indo-'British adjective of or pertaining to both India and Great Britain, or Indo-Britons, or British rule in India; Anglo-Indian: E20.
Indo-'Briton noun = ANGLO-INDIAN noun M19.
Indo-Chi'nese adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to Indo-China, the SE Asian peninsula containing Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Malaya, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, or (Hist.) French Indo-China, the French colonies of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam; (b) noun (pl. same) a native or inhabitant of (French) Indo-China: E19.
Indo-Ger'manic noun & adjective = INDO-EUROPEAN noun 1 & adjective E19.
Indo-'Germanist noun = INDO-EUROPEANIST L19.
Indo-'Hittite noun a hypothetical language believed to be the common ancestor of Indo-European and Hittite E20.
Indo-Ma'layan adjective of or pertaining to both India and Malaya; spec. designating an ethnological region comprising Sri Lanka, the Malay peninsula, and the Malayan islands: M19.
Indo-Pa'cific adjective & noun (a) adjective of or pertaining to the Indian Ocean and the adjacent parts of the Pacific; of or pertaining to the group of languages (usu. called
Austronesian) spoken in the islands of this region; (b) noun the Indo-Pacific seas or ocean: L19.
Indo-Pak adjective (colloq.) = Indo-Pakistani adjective M20.
Indo-Paki'stan,
Indo-Paki'stani adjectives pertaining to both India and Pakistan, or their inhabitants M20.
Indo-Portu'guese noun & adjective (of or pertaining to) modified Portuguese as used in parts of India L19.
Indo-Sara'cenic adjective designating or pertaining to an architectural style combining Indian and Muslim features L19.
Indo-'Scythian noun & adjective (a) noun a member of an ancient central Asian people of Scythian origin, dominant in northern India and Bactria c 128 BC-c AD 450; (b) adjective of or pertaining to the Indo-Scythians: L18.