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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.
Proper noun
Ind
- (archaic, poetic) India; the East.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , line 84:From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind.
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:High on a throne of royal state , which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Ind
- Abbreviation of India.
- Abbreviation of Indonesia.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
Ind m anim (female equivalent Indka)
- Indian (related to India)
1903, “Pouť”, in Ottův slovník naučný, part XX, Praha: J. Otto, page 351:Muhammedáni konají veliké p-ti do Mekky ke hrobu prorokovu, Indové k posvátnému Gangu.- Muslims make large pilgrimages to Mecca, Indians to the sacred Ganges.
- male Indian (related to India)
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of Ind (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Ind”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Ind”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
Old Irish
Proper noun
Ind ?
- the Indus (a river in India)