how to pronounce hindu

/ˈhɪnduː/

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hindu is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hindu in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… deposed him huck was a hindu and his …”

meanings of hindu

noun:

A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.

adjective:

Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

hindu frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word hindu occurs in english on average 5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hindu can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hindu can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;