Sentence examples for indian phrase from inspiring English sources
The name Willamette is believed to derive from a Kalapuya Indian phrase meaning "west bank".
The school had an award for the best "all-rounder," which is an Indian phrase meaning someone who's good at everything — sports, academics.
Some scholars believe that the state's name comes from a Basque phrase meaning "place of oaks," while others attribute it to a Tohono O'odham (Papago) Indian phrase meaning "place of the young (or little) spring".
The songs' lyrics showcase Walcott's creation of a distinctly Trinidadian dramatic language that constantly mixes cultural registers and weaves West Indian phrases and syntax into so-called standard diction.
Ms. Abad, in a Gypsy-Indian headdress and a yellow feather boa, sang with clear pop tone, raspy Gypsy declamations or floating, quasi-Indian phrases.
Petitioners' argument works only if one reads "Indians" (in the phrase in §465 "providing land for Indians") to refer to individuals, not an Indian tribe.
THE phrase "Indian cinema" immediately conjures up images of Bollywood's dynastic stars, endless songs and improbable stunts.
When I was a kid, everyone used the phrase Indian giver.
"While the Vindicator cannot be certain exactly what triggered Facebook's filtering program, the editor suspects it was most likely the phrase "Indian Savages"," wrote Stinnett.
It is critical that all of this information be placed in context of the current protests as well as the historical "Militarization of Indian Country," a phrase taken from a book written by Ojibwe activist Winona LaDuke.
The 1903 Glossary of Colloquial Anglo Indian Words and Phrases explains dacoity as the anglicisation of a term used in Hindi, Kannada and Urdu that means robbery by armed bandits.
