Indus

See also indus, and Indus.

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Sindus, a Latinization of Hindu, an Iranian variant (cf. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)) of Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪndəs/

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Indus

1. A large river of south-central Asia, rising in Tibet and flowing through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea

Derived terms

• Indus Valley Civilization

Related terms

• Indian
• Indies

Translations

the river

• Armenian: Ինդոս (hy) (Indos)
• Czech: Indus (cs) m
• Hungarian: Indus (hu)
• Irish: An Iondúis (ga) f

• Marathi: सिन्धु (mr) (sindhu) f
• Old Irish: Ind
• Persian: سند (fa) (Send)
• Russian: Инд (ru) (Ind) m

Etymology 2

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus, "Indian".

Proper noun

Wikipedia

Indus

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo. It commemorates American Indians.

Derived terms

• Indi

Translations

constellation

• French: Indien (fr) m
• German: Inder (de) m
• Hungarian: Hindu (hu)

• Russian: Индеец (ru) (Indéjec) m
• Spanish: Indus (es)

Anagrams

• nidus

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Czech

Proper noun

Indus m

1. Indus, Indus River

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Hungarian

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈinduʃ/
• Hyphenation: In‧dus

Proper noun

Indus

1. Indus River

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Latin

Proper noun

Indus (genitive Indī); m, second declension

1. The Indus River.

See also

• indus