INDUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea

Example:

the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization

Synonyms:

Indus; Indus River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Indus" is a part of...):

Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana