Definitions

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  • noun An inhabitant of Indiana.
  • adjective Of or relating to Indiana.

Etymologies

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Indiana +‎ -an

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Examples

  • As an Indianan I know he is a big zero, he has never accomplished anything – not as governor, not as senator.

    Matthew Yglesias » Lane on Bayh 2010

  • Letterman was convincing in the role of the decent Indianan who just happens to pull down more than $30 million per year.

    TV: Culture and Celebrity Scheyer, Kate 2009

  • A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, the 38-year-old Indianan had already compiled an impressive record of government service.

    Origins of the Environmental Protection Agency 2009

  • If he could get Tim Roemer, the other Indianan on the 9/11 Commission, as well as some of the current Dem delegation, that would be excellent, although I'm sure Evan Bayh is lobbying them hard for Hillary.

    Lee Hamilton, Big Name In Indiana And Foreign Policy, Endorses Obama 2009

  • But Obama might be able to change the pattern of history and shake up Electoral College calculations if he put an Indianan on the ticket.

    CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008 2008

  • I finally said to him, "Well, do you think in very Republican Indiana, an Indianan on the ticket would help Barack Obama?"

    CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008 2008

  • And any Indianan over 65 is automatically eligible to cast an absentee ballot.

    Sister Act 2008

  • The state is still a Republican stronghold, but an Indianan on an Obama ticket could change the pattern of history, could it not?

    CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008 2008

  • The state is still a Republican stronghold, but an Indianan on an Obama ticket could change the pattern of history, could it not?

    CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2008 2008

  • UPDATE: Ted Haggard, the subject of the latest public-moralizer sex scandal, seems to share most views with the President, with whom he maintained a close relationship: Pastor Ted, who talks to President George W. Bush or his advisers every Monday, is a handsome forty-eight-year-old Indianan, most comfortable in denim.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006

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