Ind

Abbreviation of India.

Proper noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Abbreviation of India.
  2. Abbreviation of Indonesia.

Proper noun archaic, poetic

  1. India; the East.
    • From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind. - c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:...
    • High on a throne of royal state , which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind - 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by...

Origin

From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.