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Indus
1[ in-duhs ]
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
2[ in-duhs ]
noun
- the Indian, a southern constellation between Grus and Pavo.
indus.
3abbreviation for
- industrial.
- industry.
Indus
1/ ˈɪndəs /
noun
- 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)
Indus
2/ ˈɪndəs /
noun
- a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Telescopium and Tucano
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Example Sentences
Without enough water from the Indus, which flows first through India, Pakistan may be unable to exist.
India and Pakistan will face a crisis as the glaciers that feed the Indus River shrink and disappear.
I think we need to be most worried about the insurgency beginning to jump across the Indus River, into the Punjab.
Between the Indus and the Hydaspes is Taxila, a large city, and governed by good laws.
Near the Indus is another city, Peucolaïtis.361 At this place a bridge which was constructed afforded a passage for the army.
It is said that there are altogether fifteen369 considerable rivers which flow into the Indus.
Small craw-fish387 go up as far as the mountains,388 and the larger as far as the confluence of the Indus and the Acesines.
She returned a haughty answer; and, on reaching the Indus, she erected a bridge of boats and attempted to cross.
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