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India

Local name: भारत / Bharat

Countries are colored by the family used by their primary display language. Multilingual countries are marked when their names cross families.

Name Families

India / Indus exonym family

Names grouped as likely derived from Old Persian Hindu via Greek Ἰνδός and Latin India, referring to the Indus River valley. The international standard exonym adopted across Europe, East Asia, the Americas, and much of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Examples: India, Indien, Inde, 印度, 인도

Bharat / Sanskrit endonym family

Names grouped as likely derived from Bhārata, the Sanskrit name from the ancient king Bharata of the Mahabharata. The constitutional endonym enshrined in Article 1 of India's constitution as 'India, that is Bharat'. Used in Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, and other South Asian languages.

Examples: भारत, ভারত, Bhārat

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition family

Names grouped as likely derived from Old Persian Hindu (the name for the Sindhu/Indus river and its people), without the Greek and Latin mediation that produced India. Includes the Arabic short form Hind (الهند) and the Persian compound Hindustan (هندوستان, 'land of the Hindus'). Dominant across Arabic-speaking countries, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Examples: الهند, Hindistan, هندوستان, Ҳиндустон, הודו

Multilingual / mixed

A country has display languages that fall into different families.

Unknown / unavailable

No curated projection is available yet.

Historical names

Names that were widely used in earlier eras but have been displaced or significantly reduced in modern usage.

Persian / Mughal tradition

Hindustan

From Persian Hindūstān ('land of the Hindus / land beyond the Indus'), the standard name for the Indian subcontinent in Persian and Mughal administrative usage. Introduced to South Asia via the Delhi Sultanate and consolidated under the Mughals. Still used in Urdu, Hindi colloquial speech, and some other South Asian languages as a vernacular name for India. Also the root of the term 'Hindustani' for the Hindi-Urdu speech continuum.

Country Projection

295 namesFamily / confidence

هندوستان

/Hindūstān/

DariinAfghanistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

هندوستان

/Hindūstān/

PashtoinAfghanistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Hindistan

TurkmeninAfghanistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

AlbanianinAlbania

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinAlgeria

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Índia

PortugueseinAngola

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Unavailable

unknowninAntarctica

Unknown / unavailable

India

GuaraniinArgentina

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinArgentina

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Հնդկաստան

/Hndkastan/

ArmenianinArmenia

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinAustralia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

GermaninAustria

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Hindistan

AzerbaijaniinAzerbaijan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinBahamas

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

ভারত

/Bhārat/

BanglainBangladesh

Bharat / Sanskrit endonym familyhigh

Індыя

/Indyya/

BelarusianinBelarus

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinBelarus

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

DutchinBelgium

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinBelgium

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

GermaninBelgium

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

bjzinBelize

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinBelize

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinBelize

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinBenin

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

རྒྱ་གར་

/Gyagar/

DzongkhainBhutan

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

AymarainBolivia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

GuaraniinBolivia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

QuechuainBolivia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinBolivia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indija

BosnianinBosnia and Herzegovina

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indija

CroatianinBosnia and Herzegovina

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индија

/Indija/

SerbianinBosnia and Herzegovina

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinBotswana

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

TswanainBotswana

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Índia

PortugueseinBrazil

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

MalayinBrunei

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

BulgarianinBulgaria

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinBurkina Faso

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinBurundi

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Ubuhindi

RundiinBurundi

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

ឥណ្ឌា

/India/

KhmerinCambodia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinCameroon

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinCameroon

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinCanada

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinCanada

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinCentral African Republic

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

SangoinCentral African Republic

India / Indus exonym familymedium

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinChad

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinChad

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinChile

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

印度

/Yìndù/

ChineseinChina

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinColombia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinCosta Rica

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indija

CroatianinCroatia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinCuba

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Ινδία

/Indía/

GreekinCyprus

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Hindistan

TurkishinCyprus

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Indie

CzechinCzechia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SlovakinCzechia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

DanishinDenmark

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinDjibouti

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinDjibouti

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinDominican Republic

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinDR Congo

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

KongoinDR Congo

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Inde

LingalainDR Congo

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Luba-LuluainDR Congo

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SwahiliinDR Congo

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinEcuador

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinEgypt

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

SpanishinEl Salvador

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinEquatorial Guinea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Índia

PortugueseinEquatorial Guinea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinEquatorial Guinea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinEritrea

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinEritrea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

ህንዲ

/Hendi/

TigrinyainEritrea

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

India

EstonianinEstonia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinEswatini

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SwatiinEswatini

India / Indus exonym familymedium

ሕንድ

/Hend/

AmharicinEthiopia

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

India

EnglishinFalkland Islands

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinFiji

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

भारत

/Bhārat/

Fiji HindiinFiji

Bharat / Sanskrit endonym familymedium

India

FijianinFiji

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Intia

FinnishinFinland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

SwedishinFinland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinFrance

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinGabon

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinGambia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

ინდოეთი

/Indoeti/

GeorgianinGeorgia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

GermaninGermany

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinGhana

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Ινδία

/Indía/

GreekinGreece

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

KalaallisutinGreenland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinGuatemala

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinGuinea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Índia

PortugueseinGuinea-Bissau

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Upper Guinea CriouloinGuinea-Bissau

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinGuyana

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinHaiti

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Zend

Haitian CreoleinHaiti

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinHonduras

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

HungarianinHungary

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indland

IcelandicinIceland

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinIndia

Constitution of India: India, that is Bharat
India / Indus exonym familyhigh

भारत

/Bhārat/

HindiinIndia

Constitution of India: India, that is Bharat
Bharat / Sanskrit endonym familyhigh

இந்தியா

/Intiyā/

TamilinIndia

Constitution of India: India, that is Bharat
India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

IndonesianinIndonesia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

هند

/Hend/

PersianinIran

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinIraq

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

AramaicinIraq

India / Indus exonym familymedium

هندستان

/Hindistan/

Central KurdishinIraq

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

India

EnglishinIreland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

An India

IrishinIreland

India / Indus exonym familymedium

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinIsrael

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

הודו

/Hodu/

HebrewinIsrael

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

ItalianinItaly

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinIvory Coast

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinJamaica

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Jamaican Creole EnglishinJamaica

India / Indus exonym familymedium

インド

/Indo/

JapaneseinJapan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinJordan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Үндістан

/Ündistan/

KazakhinKazakhstan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinKazakhstan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinKenya

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SwahiliinKenya

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinKuwait

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

KyrgyzinKyrgyzstan

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinKyrgyzstan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

ອິນເດຍ

/India/

LaoinLaos

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Indija

LatvianinLatvia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinLebanon

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinLebanon

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinLesotho

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Southern SothoinLesotho

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinLiberia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinLibya

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Indija

LithuanianinLithuania

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinLuxembourg

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

GermaninLuxembourg

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

LuxembourgishinLuxembourg

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Inde

FrenchinMadagascar

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

MalagasyinMadagascar

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinMalawi

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

NyanjainMalawi

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinMalaysia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

MalayinMalaysia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinMali

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinMauritania

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

SpanishinMexico

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

RomanianinMoldova

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Энэтхэг

/Enetkheg/

MongolianinMongolia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Indija

MontenegrininMontenegro

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinMorocco

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Hend

Tamazight / BerberinMorocco

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

Índia

PortugueseinMozambique

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

အိန္ဒိယ

/India/

BurmeseinMyanmar

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Indië

AfrikaansinNamibia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinNamibia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

GermaninNamibia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Hai//ominNamibia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

HereroinNamibia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

KwangaliinNamibia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

LoziinNamibia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

NdongainNamibia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

TswanainNamibia

India / Indus exonym familymedium

भारत

/Bhārat/

NepaliinNepal

Bharat / Sanskrit endonym familyhigh

India

DutchinNetherlands

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinNew Caledonia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinNew Zealand

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inia

MāoriinNew Zealand

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

New Zealand Sign LanguageinNew Zealand

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinNicaragua

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinNiger

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinNigeria

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

인도

/Indo/

KoreaninNorth Korea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индија

/Indija/

MacedonianinNorth Macedonia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Northern SamiinNorway

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Norwegian BokmålinNorway

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Norwegian NynorskinNorway

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinOman

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinPakistan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

ہندوستان

/Hindūstān/

UrduinPakistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinPalestine

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

SpanishinPanama

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinPapua New Guinea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Hiri MotuinPapua New Guinea

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Tok PisininPapua New Guinea

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

GuaraniinParaguay

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinParaguay

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

AymarainPeru

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

QuechuainPeru

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinPeru

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinPhilippines

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

FilipinoinPhilippines

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indie

PolishinPoland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Índia

PortugueseinPortugal

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinPuerto Rico

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinPuerto Rico

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinQatar

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinRepublic of the Congo

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

KongoinRepublic of the Congo

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Inde

LingalainRepublic of the Congo

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

RomanianinRomania

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinRussia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinRwanda

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinRwanda

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Ubuhindi

KinyarwandainRwanda

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinSaudi Arabia

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinSenegal

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индија

/Indija/

SerbianinSerbia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinSierra Leone

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SlovakinSlovakia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indija

SlovenianinSlovenia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinSolomon Islands

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinSomalia

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Hindiya

SomaliinSomalia

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

Indië

AfrikaansinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

Northern SothoinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

South NdebeleinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Southern SothoinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SwatiinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

TsongainSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

TswanainSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

VendainSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

XhosainSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

ZuluinSouth Africa

India / Indus exonym familymedium

인도

/Indo/

KoreaninSouth Korea

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinSouth Sudan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

BasqueinSpain

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Índia

CatalaninSpain

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

glcinSpain

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

SpanishinSpain

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

ඉන්දියාව

/Indiyāva/

SinhalainSri Lanka

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

இந்தியா

/Intiyā/

TamilinSri Lanka

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinSudan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinSudan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

DutchinSuriname

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Indien

SwedishinSweden

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinSwitzerland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

ItalianinSwitzerland

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

RomanshinSwitzerland

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Indien

Swiss GermaninSwitzerland

India / Indus exonym familymedium

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinSyria

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

印度

/Yìndù/

ChineseinTaiwan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinTajikistan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Ҳиндустон

/Hinduston/

TajikinTajikistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinTanzania

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SwahiliinTanzania

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

อินเดีย

/India/

ThaiinThailand

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Índia

PortugueseinTimor-Leste

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Índia

TetuminTimor-Leste

India / Indus exonym familymedium

Inde

FrenchinTogo

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinTrinidad and Tobago

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinTunisia

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Hindistan

TurkishinTurkey

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinTurkmenistan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Hindistan

TurkmeninTurkmenistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinUganda

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SwahiliinUganda

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Індія

/Indiya/

UkrainianinUkraine

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinUnited Arab Emirates

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinUnited Kingdom

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

EnglishinUnited States

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinUruguay

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Индия

/Indiya/

RussianinUzbekistan

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Hindiston

UzbekinUzbekistan

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

BislamainVanuatu

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinVanuatu

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Inde

FrenchinVanuatu

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

SpanishinVenezuela

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Ấn Độ

VietnameseinVietnam

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

الهند

/al-Hind/

Hassaniya ArabicinWestern Sahara

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

India

SpanishinWestern Sahara

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

Hend

Tamazight / BerberinWestern Sahara

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familymedium

الهند

/al-Hind/

ArabicinYemen

Hind / Hindustan Islamic tradition familyhigh

India

EnglishinZambia

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

ChibarweinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

EnglishinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familyhigh

India

KalangainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Khoisan languagesinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

NdauinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

North NdebeleinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

NyanjainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

ShonainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Southern SothoinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

TongainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

TsongainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

TswanainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

VendainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

XhosainZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium

India

Zimbabwe Sign LanguageinZimbabwe

India / Indus exonym familymedium