Indian Summer

Domain	Definition
Geography	Term applied, more especially in U. S. A. , to a period of calm, and abnormally warm, weather (by day) in mid or late autumn. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Indian Summer (The). The autumnal summer; generally the finest and mildest part of the whole year, especially in North America. "The gilding of the Indian summer mellowed the pastures far and wide. The russet woods stood ripe to be stript, but were yet full of leaf. The purple of heath-bloom, faded but not withered, tinged the bills ... Fieldhead gardens bore the seal of gentle decay; ... its time of flowers and even of fruit was over." - C. Bronte: Shirley, chap. xxvii. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Indian summer

Indian summer is a name given to a period of sunny, warm weather just before winter in northern North America. This time is usually in late October or early November sometime after the first frost. It can persist for just a few days or sometimes over a week.

The term is also used metaphorically to refer to anything that blooms late, or unexpectedly, or after is has been assumed to be no longer interesting or relevant. For example: "The team experienced an Indian summer, winning the series after losing the first six games". Compare this usage to renaissance.

The term has been used for well over two centuries and its origins have been lost. There are several theories as to its etymology:

It may be so named because this was the traditional period where First Nations peoples would harvest their fall crops.
In The Americans, The Colonial Experience, Daniel J. Boorstin speculates that term originated from raids on European colonies by Indian war parties; these raids usually ended in autumn, hence the extension to summer-like weather was an "Indian" summer. This is unlikely, as the first recorded instance of the term happened in 1778, by which time such raids would have become uncommon.
It could be so named because because the phenomenon was more common in what was then Indian territories, as opposed to the Eastern seaboard.

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Domain	Title
Books	Indian Summer of English Chivalry: Studies in the Decline and Transformation of Chivalric Idealism (reference) William Dean Howells : Novels 1875-1886: A Foregone Conclusion, A Modern Instance, Indian Summer, The Rise of Silas Lapham (Library of America) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Indian Summer (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Modern Translation: Indian Summer

Language		Translations for "Indian summer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		verë në mes të mjeshtës. (various references)

Bulgarian		спокойни старини, сиромашко лято, втора младост. (various references)

Czech		babí léto (gossamer). (various references)

Danish		Indian summer. (various references)

Dutch		oudewijvenzomer, nazomer. (various references)

Finnish		intiaanikesä. (various references)

French		été indien. (various references)

German		altweibersommer (gossamer). (various references)

Greek		ινδιάνικο καλοκαίρι, θερμό φθινόπωρο. (various references)

Hungarian		vénasszonyok nyara. (various references)

Italian		estate indiana. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		小春日�'� (mild autumn weather), 小春 (early autumn), インダス文明 (egghead, inch, India paper, Indian, Indian jewellry, Indiana, Indianapolis 500-mile race, Induscivilization, integer, integrate, integrated, integration, Intel, intellectual, intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence test, intelligent, intelligent building, intelligent city, intelligent terminal, intelligentsia, Intelsat, intensity, intensive, intentional, interactive, interior, interior adviser, interior coordinator, interior craft, interior design, interior designer, interline leads, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, Inturist, pornographic videos). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"はるびより (mild autumn weather), �"はる (early autumn), インディアンサマー . (various references)

Manx		sourey beg. (various references)

Pig Latin		indianay ummersay

Portuguese		verão indiano. (various references)

Romanian		toamnã târzie. (various references)

Russian		золотая осень. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		kraj leta. (various references)

Spanish		verano indio. (various references)

Swedish		indiansommar, indiansksommar, brittsommar. (various references)

Turkish		yaz sonundaki sıcak günler, pastırma yazı (st. luke's summer, st. martin's summer). (various references)

Vietnamese		thu muộn những năm cuối cùng nh� n tản của cuộc đời. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Indian Summer

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	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-m-m-n-n-r-s-u"
	-3 letters: immunised, indamines, mannerism, meridians, muraenids, nursemaid, urinemias.
	-4 letters: amidines, aneurins, aneurism, denarius, diamines, dimerism, duramens, immunise, indamine, indamins, insnared, maunders, maundies, meridian, mermaids, minuends, misaimed, misnamed, mundanes, muraenid, reinsman, semiarid, sirenian, surnamed, unraised, unrinsed, uranides, uredinia, uridines, urinemia.
	-5 letters: admires, amidine, amidins, ammines, aneurin, animism, asinine, asunder, dairies, dammers, damners, danseur, denarii, diamine.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Evening	Autumn; fall, fall of the leaf; autumnal equinox; Indian summer, St. Luke's summer, St. Martin's summer.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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	Indian summer. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
indian summer	95
festival indian summer	9
golf indian summer	6
gymboree indian summer	6
indian summer seafood festival	6
indian summer movie	5
course golf indian summer	5
club country golf indian summer	3
discography indian summer	3
indian summer perfume	2
dalton ga indian summer	2
emo indian summer	2
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Indian Summer

Definition: Indian Summer

Indian Summer

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Specialty Definition: Indian summer

Synonym: Indian Summer

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