Black; very dark.

(historical) A high-quality proof taken from engraved plates by means of India paper.

plural of India proof

(now chiefly historical) The West Indies.

A district of a city or town (in a country other than India) in which there is a large concentration of Indian residents and businesses.

(alcoholic beverages) A beer, with a high level of alcohol and hops, traditionally made for export from Britain to India.

plural of India pale ale

(obsolete) A shrubby plant (Capraria biflora) having oblanceolate toothed leaves sometimes used in the West Indies as a substitute for tea.

(history, linguistics, Indo-European studies) The hypothesis that the Aryans are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent, and that the Indo-European languages radiated out from a homeland in India into their present locations.

(rare) Synonym of Out of India theory