Hindian

Meaning

Noun

• In the context of resistance to British colonialism, a native Indian (plural often same as singular)
• In the context of Dravidian nationalism, a Hindustani in the sense of an Indian from north of the Deccan, a Hindustani-speaker or a bearer of that culture
• In the context of Hindu nationalism, a native Indian of whatever religion, as a person of Hindu culture
• A town and district in Khuzistan, Iran, now Hendijan
• An old name for the Zohreh River separating Khuzistan and Bushehr provinces, named after the town

Origin

• Hind + -ian, or a conflation of Hindi or Hindu and Indian. The term seems to have been coined several times independently.