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印第安

Yìn dì ān

3-character word

What 印第安 means

1. (American) Indian
2. native American
3. indigenous peoples of the Americas

The characters in 印第安

• 印yìnto print; to mark; to engrave
• 第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六…
• 安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health

Example sentences

• Muiriel 是印第安人。
  Muiriel shì Yìndì'ānrén.
  Muiriel is an Indian.
• 我还记得很多年前有一次我在温哥华的市中心过马路，一个印第安女人看着我说道：「别笑！」我能从她的脸上看出异域的西方文化真的框住了她的生活。
  Walking through the crosswalk in Downtown Vancouver, BC, many years ago, a Native Indian woman looked at my face and said, "Don't smile!" I could see on her face how foreign Occidental culture really strained her life.

Words starting with 印第安

• 印第安人Yìn dì ān rénAmerican Indians
• 印第安纳Yìn dì ān nàIndiana, US state
• 印第安座Yìn dì ān zuòIndus (constellation)
• 印第安纳波利斯Yìn dì ān nà bō lì sīIndianapolis, Indiana