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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.

• Indi
  genitive

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

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Indus Indi

"India's decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance remains in force."

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

A University of York study of Mohenjo-daro, the largest city of the Indus civilization, points to the opposite pattern.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 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

Only later did domesticates derived from indigenous species of the Indian subcontinent, such as humped cattle and sesame, appear in Indus Valley farming communities.

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

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

Last year, the parents of a critically ill baby called Indi Gregory launched a number of legal challenges in a bid to prolong their daughter's life.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

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