Jump To:

• Indus
  Indus

  noun

  a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1,900 miles (3,060 km) long.
• indus.
  indus.

  abbreviation

  industrial.

Indus

¹ American  

[in-duhs] / ˈɪn dəs /

noun

1. a river in S Asia, flowing from W Tibet through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. 1,900 miles (3,060 km) long.

---

Indus ² American  

[in-duhs] / ˈɪn dəs /

noun

Astronomy.

• Indi
  genitive

1. the Indian, a southern constellation between Grus and Pavo.

---

indus. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. industrial.

2. industry.

---

Indus ¹ British  

/ ˈɪndəs /

noun

1. a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Telescopium and Tucano

---

Indus ² British  

/ ˈɪndəs /

noun

1. a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet in the Kailas Range of the Himalayas and flowing northwest through Kashmir, then southwest across Pakistan to the Arabian Sea: important throughout history, esp for the Indus Civilization (about 3000 to 1500 _bc ), and for irrigation. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)

---

Etymology

Origin of Indus

< New Latin, Latin

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Indus Indi

The treaty governs the use of water from six rivers, whose headwaters originate in India but flow into Pakistan as part of the Indus basin -- a resource relied on by hundreds of millions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

An international tribunal ordered India on Monday to "observe its obligations" under a treaty with Pakistan on the sharing of the Indus and other rivers, which the New Delhi government sought to suspend.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

The bronze sculpture - known as the Dancing girl from Mohenjo-daro - shows a girl standing with one hand on her hip and is one of the most recognisable artefacts from the Indus Valley civilisation.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Previously, the first known dice dated back to the Bronze Age about 5,500 years ago, in such places as Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley of Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Alexander the Great stands at the Indus River in what is now Pakistan.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Using JWST's mid infrared instrument MIRI, the team directly imaged Epsilon Indi Ab.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026

Over billions of years, Epsilon Indi Ab is expected to cool and eventually become even colder than Jupiter.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026

Mr Gregory said he knew Indi "was special from the day she was born".

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023

Christian Concern said Indi Gregory died in a hospice on Monday morning after her life support was withdrawn on Sunday.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023

Jerdon gives, on the authority of Blyth, another species, Platanista Indi, or the Indus porpoise, but Dr. Anderson has conclusively proved that this is identical with the Gangetic dolphin.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale