Indea

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Indea, n: ‘India’, an imprecise term for a broad geographical region in southern Asia. (IN-deh-ah / ˈɪn-dɛa)

Medieval manuscript illustration showing an army departing a walled city with an elephant resembling a giant dog with tusks and trunk, a howdah on its back; another army exits a gate on the opposite side of the river, and in between a soldier battles a giant bird on top of a high rock.
The Land of India in Miroir Historial; Belgium (Ghent), c. 1475; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XIII 5, v1, f. 55. [getty.edu]

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