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• 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.

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Indus ² American  

[in-duhs] / ˈɪn dəs /

noun

Astronomy.

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

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indus. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. industrial.

2. industry.

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Indus ¹ British  

/ ˈɪndəs /

noun

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

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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)

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Etymology

Origin of Indus

< New Latin, Latin

Example Sentences

Also, with anchor customer Vodafone Idea possibly raising funds to expand 4G capacity and roll out 4G and 5G networks, this would add new tenancies to Indus Towers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Within days of the attack, India revoked the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, while Pakistan responded by withdrawing from the 1972 Simla Agreement on bilateral dispute resolution.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

After 4,500 years ago, settlement patterns changed, with populations moving closer to the Indus River.

From Science Daily • Dec. 14, 2025

That includes the upper Indus river basin, which serves parts of China, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

Thus, Eurasia’s west-east axis allowed Fertile Crescent crops quickly to launch agriculture over the band of temperate latitudes from Ireland to the Indus Valley, and to enrich the agriculture that arose independently in eastern Asia.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond