Indus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Indus in British English:
UK ['indəs]
How to pronounce Indus in American English:
US [ˈɪndəs]
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- Noun:
- a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana
- an Asian river; flows into the Arabian Sea
Word Origin
- Indus
- river in Asia, from Sanskrit sindhu "river." The southern constellation, created 1603 by Bayer, represents "an Indian," not the river.
Example
- 1. Now we were cycling along side the mighty indus .
- 2. What 's the deal with indus script ?
- 3. The same problem curses the delta of the indus in pakistan .
- 4. Devastating floods last year highlighted the benefits of dams on the indus .
- 5. No bitext for the indus script has yet been found .