What is the meaning of Hindu?

  • (n.) Same as Hindoo.
  • (n.) A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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