n. pl. [ Skr. Drāvi&dsdot_;a, prob. meaning, Tamil. ] (Ethnol.) A race of Hindustan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindu or Aryan invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. a. [ From Skr. Drāvi&dsdot_;a, the name of the southern portion of the peninsula of India. ] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Dravida. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dravidian languages,
prop. n. one of the languages native to southern India; a Dravidian language.