Aryan
adjective
uk/ˈeə.ri.ən/us/ˈe.ri.ən/belongingorrelatingto agroupofpeoplewhoinvadednorthernIndiaabout 4,000yearsago andspokeanIndo-Europeanlanguage:
Thisareahas alonghistorythatpredatesthe AryaninvasionsofIndia.
belongingorrelatingto agroupofwhitepeoplewithpalehairandblueeyes,believedbyNazisto bebetterthan othergroups
Names of groups of people who lived in the past
- Anglo-Saxon
- Aztec
- Bactrian
- Celt
- Celtic
- Greco-
- Hebrew
- Hellenistic
- hun
- Indo-European
- Israelite
- native
- neanderthal
- Norman
- Norseman
- Pict
- pie
- roman
- Romano-
- Saxon
Aryan
noun[C]
uk/ˈeə.ri.ən/us/ˈe.ri.ən/one of agroupofpeoplewhoinvadednorthernIndiaabout 4,000yearsago andspokeanIndo-Europeanlanguage:
The Rig-Veda is anancientSanskrittextof the Aryans.
someone whobelongsto agroupofwhitepeoplewithpalehairandblueeyes,believedbyNazisto bebetterthan othergroups
- The AryansbegantakingcontrolofregionsinnorthIndia.
- Later, theinvadingAryans are said to haveforcedthe Dravidians tomoveto thesouthof thecountry.
Names of groups of people who lived in the past
- Anglo-Saxon
- Aztec
- Bactrian
- Celt
- Celtic
- Greco-
- Hebrew
- Hellenistic
- hun
- Indo-European
- Israelite
- native
- neanderthal
- Norman
- Norseman
- Pict
- pie
- roman
- Romano-
- Saxon