Indian - Definition and Overview

Indian or Indians can refer to:

• Anything from or related to the country of India, including:

• The people of India, sometimes called Asian Indians to differentiate from American Indians
• The many languages of India
• The Indian subcontinent or the adjoining Indian Ocean

• Native Americans, the aboriginal people of the Americas and their descendants, also known as American Indians

• People from the West Indies, primarly descended from African slaves, are called West Indians.
• The people of the East Indies are called East Indians

• (archaic) aboriginal people in general

• A classic American motorcycle: see Indian (motorcycle).
• The Cleveland Indians baseball team in the United States
• Indians, a Chicago monument created by Ivan Meštrović.
• The constellation called Indus.
• Indian ink is a carbon based ink.
• Indians is the title of a play by Arthur Kopit
• Indian is a 1996 Tamil movie by Shankar starring Kamal Haasan and music composed by A.R. Rahman.