Many countries have "land" as a suffix, like England, Poland, Switzerland, etc., which means 'the land of the English', 'the land of the Swiss', etc. Many other countries have "stan" as a suffix, like Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, etc. 'Stan' means land in their language, it became 'the land of the Kazakh', 'the land of the Turkmen', etc. and here Hindustan, the land of Hindus. My question is about "-ia": many counties have "-ia" at the end, like Australia, Serbia, Nigeria, Croatia, Russia, Tunisia, and many more. ia is a Latin ending (-ία in Ancient Greek) used to form abstract nouns. In this case, the "abstract" noun referred to a nation, that is, a collection of people and the locations where they lived. For example, the land of the Germani was Germania. Hear Hinduia. In latter times it became “India”. In our country some intellectuals were and are having allergy with word “Hindu” but not with the word “India”. Therefore they termed “Bharat” as an alternate. Therefore, There is no difference between the term “India” or “Bharat” as far as name of this country is concerned.
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