Indus
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Proper noun astronomy, natural sciences
- A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
Origin
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus (“Indian”), commemorating American Indians.
Derived
Proper noun Entry 2
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Origin
Clipping of industry.
Proper noun Entry 3
- A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
- The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt. - 2022...
- Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland....
Origin
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh). Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
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Derived
Indus River dolphin Indus Valley bullfrog Indus Valley Civilization