| India |
a country in southern Asia surrounded on three sides by the Indian Ocean. New Delhi is the capital of India. |
| Indonesia |
a country in southeastern Asia made up of a group of islands stretching from the Indian Ocean into the Pacific Ocean. Jakarta is the capital of Indonesia. |
| Iroquois |
a member of a large, united group of American Indian peoples of New York State. The Iroquois confederacy is made up of six different Indian nations. |
| Kenya |
a country in eastern Africa on the Indian Ocean. Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. |
| Madagascar |
an island country in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southern Africa. Antananarivo is the capital of Madagascar. |
| maize |
see "Indian corn." |
| Maldives |
an island country in the Indian Ocean that lies southwest of Sri Lanka. Maldives is made up of about two thousand islands. Its capital is Malé. |
| Mauritius |
an island country in the Indian Ocean lying to the east of Madagascar. The capital of Mauritius is Port Louis. |
| Maya |
a member of an ancient Indian civilization of Mexico and Central America that was discovered and destroyed by Europeans in the 1500s. [2 definitions] |
| monsoon |
a wind system of the Indian Ocean that blows from the southwest in the summer and the northeast in the winter. The southwest monsoon brings with it a season of heavy rain. |
| Ojibwa |
a member of an American Indian people living around Lake Superior in the United States and Canada. |
| Oman |
a country on the Indian Ocean northeast of Yemen and east of Saudi Arabia. The capital of Oman is Muscat. |
| Ottawa |
a member of a Canadian Indian people that lived near the upper Great Lakes. [1/2 definitions] |
| papoose |
a North American Indian baby or young child. |
| Red Sea |
a part of the Indian Ocean. It lies between the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa. The Suez Canal connects it to the Mediterranean Sea. |
| Seminole |
a member of a North American Indian people that now live mostly in Florida and Oklahoma. |
| Seychelles |
an island country in the Indian Ocean that lies northeast of the island of Madagascar. The capital of Seychelles is Victoria. |
| Somalia |
an East African country on the Indian Ocean, bordering on Ethiopia and Kenya. The capital of Somalia is Mogadishu. |
| Sri Lanka |
an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of India. The capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo. |
| Tanzania |
an East African country on the Indian Ocean between Kenya and Mozambique. The capital of Tanzania is Dodoma. |
| tepee |
a tent shaped like a cone and made with skins or bark. Tepees were used by some North American Indian peoples who lived on the plains. |