Indiana

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Indiana

/ˌɪndiˈænə/ US
[ˌɪndiˈeə̯nə] ~ [ˌɪndiˈɛə̯nə] US
/ˌɪndiˈænə/ UK
/ˌɪndɪjˈanə/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˌɪndiˈæːnə/ Australia
[ˌɪndiˈæːnə] ~ [ˌɪndiˈɛːnə] ~ [ˌɪndiˈeːnə] Australia
/ˌəndiˈɛnə/ New Zealand
/ˌɪndeˈanə/ Scotland
/ˌɪndiˈanə/ Wales

Rhymes with -ænə

Where it comes from

From Indian + -a. From Indiana Territory, dating from 1800, noting the territory's large Native American Indian population. From Indian Territory.

proper noun Indianas

countable, uncountable A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis. 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
Similar: Crossroads of America, IN, Ind.
countable, uncountable A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
countable, uncountable A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
countable, uncountable A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
countable, uncountable A barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Indiana County: a county of Pennsylvania, United States.
abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Indiana University
Similar: Indiana, IU
countable, rare, uncountable A male given name.
countable, rare, uncountable A female given name.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hoosier state, detroit, indianapolis, india, indian, ind, zeta, epsilon, reitan, indy, in, indian territory, ind., hoosier, the heartland, naptown

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name US state

Español	Indiana
한국어	인디애나 Indiaena
日本語	インディアナ州 Indiana-shū
中文	印第安納州 /印第安纳州 Yìndì'ānnà zhōu, 印州 Yìnzhōu
हिन्दी	इंडियाना iṇḍiyānā, इण्डियाना iṇḍiyānā
Português	Indiana
Français	Indiana
Deutsch	Indiana
Italiano	Indiana
Ελληνικά	Ιντιάνα Intiána
Русский	Индиа́на Indiána
العربية	إنديانا ʔindiyānā
עברית	אינדיאנה ʾindiānā

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"Indiana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/indiana. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Indiana. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/indiana

Chicago

"Indiana." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/indiana.

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@misc{indiana_2026,
  title = {Indiana},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indiana},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}