Ind

¹ American  

[ind] / ɪnd /

noun

1. Literary. India.

2. Obsolete. the Indies.

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IND ² American  

abbreviation

Pharmacology.

1. investigative new drug.

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ind- ³ American  

1. variant of indo- before a vowel.

   indamine.

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ind. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. independence.

2. independent.

3. index.

4. indicated.

5. indicative.

6. indigo.

7. indirect.

8. industrial.

9. industry.

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Ind. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. India.

2. Indian. Also Ind

3. Indiana.

4. Indies.

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I.N.D. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. in the name of God.

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Ind. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Independent

2. India

3. Indian

4. Indiana

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Ind ² British  

/ ɪnd /

noun

1. a poetic name for India

2. an obsolete name for the Indies

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IND ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Also: IDN.  in nomine Dei

2. India (international car registration)

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Etymology

Origin of Ind¹

1175–1225; Middle English Inde < Old French Inde < Latin India India

Origin of I.N.D.⁶

From Latin in nōmine Deī

Example Sentences

While college basketball’s other superstars play musical chairs and top programs rebuild their entire rosters every offseason, he has decided again and again that the grass isn’t any greener away from West Lafayette, Ind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Rodriguez earned his spot in the final with a second-place finish at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick, Ind.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2025

She stars as a commercial cleaner in her latest film project, “We Strangers,” an observation on assimilation, code switching and belonging in Gary, Ind.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2024

The No. 9 UW men’s soccer team upset No. 3 Indiana 1-0 on Friday night in a nonconference match in Bloomington, Ind.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Thy rams are there, Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there: The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there.

From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Bliss, Sylvester