Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The ‘Indian,’ a moderately large southern constellation between Grus and Pavo, containing, however, no conspicuous stars, its brightest being only of magnitude 3½.

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  • proper noun astronomy A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo. It commemorates American Indians.
  • proper noun A large river of south-central Asia, rising in Tibet and flowing through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea

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  • noun an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea
  • noun a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana

Etymologies

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

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

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Examples

  • Abdallah erected an independant kingdom of which the Indus is the general boundary.

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  • The name Indus valley culture was given primarily because most of the sites of this culture were found in Indus valley after the first excavation in 1922.

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  • The name "India" came from the word 'Indus', which derives from the Persian word "Hindu" which was used to describe the Sindhu river (now known as the Indus).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MikeSorter 2010

  • The name "India" came from the word 'Indus', which derives from the Persian word "Hindu" which was used to describe the Sindhu river (now known as the Indus).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The name "India" came from the word 'Indus', which derives from the Persian word "Hindu" which was used to describe the Sindhu river (now known as the Indus).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The name "India" came from the word 'Indus', which derives from the Persian word "Hindu" which was used to describe the Sindhu river (now known as the Indus).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • I first heard of Rubberoom through a 12’ that they released back in 1995 called “Body Snatch’n” which is now available for download on 12 Inchers and later in 1999 after their indie label Indus Recordings got signed by short lived 3-2-1/Zero Hour Records and Architechnolgy was released to the public.

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  • I first heard of Rubberoom through a 12’ that they released back in 1995 called “Body Snatch’n” which is now available for download on 12 Inchers and later in 1999 after their indie label Indus Recordings got signed by short lived 3-2-1/Zero Hour Records and Architechnolgy was released to the public.

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  • Almost at once the judgment of Don Hatch that the Indus was a river of deception rings true.

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  • Almost at once the judgment of Don Hatch that the Indus was a river of deception rings true.

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