Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indianness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: in-di-an-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being Indian.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In this case, an Indian English dictionary, especially one that wanted to focus on, and promote itself on, its Indianness, might wish to include the new species."

Etymology

From Indian + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Indian

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does indianness mean?: The quality of being Indian.
Where does indianness come from?: From Indian + -ness.

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