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Hin⋅doo

  [hin-doo] noun, plural -doos, adjective
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Hindu.

Hin⋅du

  [hin-doo]
–noun
1. a person, esp. of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to Hindus or Hinduism.
Also, Hindoo.

Origin:
1655–65; < Pers Hindū Indian (adj., n.), equiv. to Hind (see Hindi ) + -ū adj. suffix
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Hin·doo   (hĭn'dōō)   
n.   & adj. Archaic
Variant of Hindu.
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Word Origin & History

Hindu 
1662, from Pers. Hindu (adj. & noun) "Indian," from Hind "India," from Skt. sindhu "river," specifically the Indus; hence "region of the Indus," gradually extended across northern India. Hinduism, blanket term for "polytheism of India," is from 1829.
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