Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dravida \Dra"vi*da\, n. pl. [Skr. Dr[=a]vi[dsdot]a, prob.
   meaning, Tamil.] (Ethnol.)
   A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who
   occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion.