Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An element in compound geographical or ethnological adjectives and nouns, meaning ‘Indian,’ concerning or involving India (together with some other country or people): as, Indo-Chinese, Indian and Chinese, relating to India and China.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix signifying Indian (i. e., East Indian); of or pertaining of India.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- prefix Relating to
India - prefix Relating to the
East Indies - prefix Relating to
Indo-European
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Examples
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As African-descended (including Indo- and Euro-Caribbean) peoples bring their cultures to urban spaces which are heavily policed, bordered, and confined, some interesting frictions emerge when the people break down fences (which occurred at Caribana) to join floats and dance behind enormous trucks with their booming sound systems, insisting on the politics of "bacchanal" (anything goes) and "chaos theory" while resisting the orderly ways of the state.
Archive 2007-08-01 Anxious Black Woman 2007
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As African-descended (including Indo- and Euro-Caribbean) peoples bring their cultures to urban spaces which are heavily policed, bordered, and confined, some interesting frictions emerge when the people break down fences (which occurred at Caribana) to join floats and dance behind enormous trucks with their booming sound systems, insisting on the politics of "bacchanal" (anything goes) and "chaos theory" while resisting the orderly ways of the state.
Jammin' North of the Border: Caribana 2007 Anxious Black Woman 2007
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