Hindustan
The term Hindustan (
Hindi: हिन्दुस्तान [Hindustān], [Hindustān], from the (
Persian)
Hindu +
-stān, often formerly rendered Hindoostan) and the
adjective Hindustani may relate to various aspects of three
geographical areas (see
Names of India):The modern
Republic of India. Sindhu is a river in Sanskrit, in Persian it becomes Hindu. Sthana in Sanskrit is place.Historically, the
Indian subcontinent during the medieval times. The adjective Hindustani is a term applied to the syncretic
Hindu culture of South Asia. Hindustani is sometimes also used as an
ethnic term applied to
South Asia. (e.g., A
West Indian man with roots in South Asia might describe his ethnicity by saying he is Hindustani. See also,
Hindoestanen)A region in
northern India, east and south of
Yamuna river, between the
Vindhya mountains and the
Himalayas, where
Hindi/
Hindustani language is spoken.
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