Hin·du
ˈhin-(ˌ)dü 
variants
or less commonly Hindoo
1
: an adherent of Hinduism
2
: a native or inhabitant of India
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Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Reigns reiterated his stance on stepping back during the COVID-19 pandemic in a June 2020 interview with The Hindu MetroPlus.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2003, not long after the Gujarat anti-Muslim pogrom generated global condemnation of Hindu extremism, a group of second-generation Indian-American professionals founded the Hindu American Foundation (HAF).
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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Noun
This island nation of 22 million is a place where leopards slip like a whisper through the undergrowth, blue whales breach offshore, tea estates paint the hill region a lush green, and ancient Buddhist and Hindu temples whisper stories of centuries past.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Reigns reiterated his stance on stepping back during the COVID-19 pandemic in a June 2020 interview with The Hindu MetroPlus.
—Katie Mannion, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
In 1947, his family, along with millions of other Hindu refugees, was forced by sectarian violence to leave Lahore when the city became part of Pakistan, and resettle in a new India.
—Sage Mehta, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
In 2003, not long after the Gujarat anti-Muslim pogrom generated global condemnation of Hindu extremism, a group of second-generation Indian-American professionals founded the Hindu American Foundation (HAF).
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
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“Hindu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hindu. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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