| Africa |
the second largest continent. Africa is south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. It is in the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| alapana |
in Indian music, the detailed exposition of a raga, in which the general flavor of the raga is introduced. |
| Algonquian |
a family of North American Indian languages spoken by tribes from Labrador to the Carolinas and from the Atlantic coast to the Rocky Mountains. [1/3 definitions] |
| Algonquin |
any of several Algonquian Indian tribes formerly living in the region of southern Canada and the St. Lawrence River, or a member of one of these tribes. [1/3 definitions] |
| allspice |
the aromatic berry of a West Indian tree of the myrtle family, or the tree itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| American |
a native of North, Central, or South America, esp. of Indian ancestry; in the United States, a Native American. [1/5 definitions] |
| Amerind |
an Indian or Eskimo native to North or South America. [1/2 definitions] |
| Antarctic Ocean |
the waters surrounding Antarctica where the southern parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans meet; Southern Ocean. |
| Apache |
a member of a North American Indian people living mostly in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. |
| Arabian Peninsula |
a peninsula in the Middle East on which lie the countries of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. The peninsula lies between the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the northeast. The Indian Ocean borders the peninsula on the southeast. |
| Arabian Sea |
an arm of the Indian Ocean that lies between India and the Arabian Peninsula. |
| Arapaho |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that formerly lived in the western plains from Texas and New Mexico to Canada, and now lives in Oklahoma and Wyoming. [1/2 definitions] |
| Arawak |
a member of an Indian people once widespread throughout the West Indies, now living chiefly in northern South America. [1/2 definitions] |
| Arawakan |
a family of South American Indian languages that includes Arawak. |
| arm wrestling |
a contest in which each of two opponents places either the right or the left elbow on a table with the forearm vertical, clasps the opponent's hand, and tries to force the opponent's hand back until it touches the table; Indian wrestling. |
| Asia |
the largest continent. Asia is surrounded by the Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans, the Red Sea, and eastern Europe. It is in the Eastern Hemisphere. |
| Athabaskan |
a group of American Indian languages spoken by western tribes from Alaska and northwest Canada down through the coastal regions of Oregon and California. [1/3 definitions] |
| Australia |
the smallest continent. Australia is southeast of Asia, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is in the Eastern Hemisphere. [1/2 definitions] |
| Austronesian |
a family of languages spoken over a vast area from the Indian Ocean to New Zealand and Hawaii. [1/3 definitions] |
| Aztec |
a member of an Indian people who had an advanced civilization in central Mexico before Spain conquered it in 1519. |
| bandicoot |
any of several large East Indian rats. [1/2 definitions] |