Ind

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪnd/

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• Homophone: end (pin-pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

Etymology 1

From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.

Proper noun

Ind

1. (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 book number)”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →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

1. Abbreviation of India.
2. Abbreviation of Indonesia.

Anagrams

• DNI, Din, IDN, din, nid

Czech

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Noun

Ind m anim (feminine Indka)

1. 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.

2. male Indian (related to India)

Usage notes

• Cannot be used for American Indians.

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Further reading

• Ind in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Ind in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• DIN
• dni

Old Irish

Proper noun

Ind ?

1. the Indus (a river in India)