Hindu
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a person who adheres to Hinduism
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an inhabitant or native of Hindustan or India, esp one adhering to Hinduism
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Origin of Hindu
1655–65; < Persian Hindū Indian (adj., noun), equivalent to Hind ( see Hindi) + -ū adj. suffix
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Since Modi came to power numerous Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sikh places of worship have undergone extensive renovation, as have holy sites such as Varanasi, Sarnath and Bodh Gaya.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
As the story piles up coincidences—or “synchronicities,” to use the Jungian term Shoma favors—it increasingly aligns with Hindu mysticism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Melvoin’s opponent is Ankur Patel, outreach director for Hindu University of America, who is critical of some charters but not as much as Rivas is, based on his survey responses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The casualties include Bijay Ghimere, the first mountaineer from Nepal's underprivileged Hindu Dalit community to scale Mount Everest.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
However, when al-Khowarizmi was writing about the Hindu system of numbers, the West was still far from adopting zero.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Muslims bore the brunt in districts like Murshidabad and Malda, while Dalit Hindus - especially from the Bangladeshi migrant Matua community - were hardest hit in North 24-Parganas and Nadia.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
About 9% of Bangladesh's 174 million people belong to religious minorities - mostly Hindus.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Hindus made up 14.6 percent of Bangladesh's population after independence in 1971, but their share has declined sharply to less than 10 percent in the officially secular country.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
He cited the success of 2022 blockbuster "The Kashmir Files", depicting in harrowing detail how several hundred thousand Hindus fled Muslim militants in Indian-administered Kashmir in 1989-90.
From Barron's ● Jan. 25, 2026
My parents say they're Hindus, but they've never set up statues or idols at home.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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