Indus

Meaning

Proper Noun

• large river in south-central Asia (continent), rising in Tibet and flowing through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea.
• A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
• hamlet Alberta (province) Canada (country)

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (whence Sindh).
• Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus, commemorating American Indians.
• A clipping of industry