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    1. Expert_Dot_5271 on

      It is interesting that the pronunciation of “India” is the same in Japanese and Korean.

    2. DiscussionFun2987 on

      It’s also called Dambadiva in Sri Lanka (comes from Sanskrit – Jambudweepa)

    3. apollosaturn on

      in reality Hindustan actually referred to the northern gangetic plains east of punjab and roughly corresponded to Haryana + United Provinces + Dehli + parts of Bihar. The name was later repurposed to refer to india as the country after 1947

    4. hailmaryfuIIofgrace on

      It’s interesting that all these words have the same etymological roots; India, Indo, Indian, Hindu, Hindi, Indus, Indos, Indiano etc

    7. DisastrousResident92 on

      I always assumed the Chinese name had the same route as “India”, given the similarities.

    8. Roman_Emperor_23 on

      In my experience, Hindustan is more common than Bharat in everyday language in India. Bharat is mostly just used in formal settings.

    9. Duolingo-246 on

      Historically, there were many kingdoms within what is now India, so the individual kingdoms’ names would have been used. As a sub-continental regional land mass, the historical name in Dhivehi (Maldives) is **Uthurukara** (sanskrit based? I’m assuming because google is telling me Uttara is north in Sanskrit/ uthuru = north in Dhivehi).

      Post British raj to modern times, it’s just India.

      Interestingly in history,

      *Olhudhoo kara* (Sri Lanka)

      *Seenu kara* (China)

      *Asey kara* (Indonesia -“Aceh” and possibly including Malaysia)

      Kara is used to denote land/country

    10. Dangoiks on

      The funny thing is that the name “India” is ultimately derived from the Indus River, which is mostly in Pakistan these days.

    12. Ok_Act_1498 on

      So it’s just like Japan (Nippon). Nobody seems to want to call them by their proper name.

    15. NammaBharatam on

      Navalantheevu in Tamil and Jambudweepa in Sanskrit meaning “the Island of Plums” was also used to refer to the landmass

    16. Soul_Of_Akira on

      I recall reading somewhere there japanese people used to call india Tenjiku?? Not sure if i’m wrong