Ind

I1N1D2
UK, US/ɪnd/

proper noun

India; the East.

OriginMiddle French Inde ← Latin India →
CommonScrabble 4
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Meanings

Ind1

proper noun
  1. archaicpoeticIndia; the East.

    From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind.

    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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 84
    1 more example

    High on a throne of royal state , which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind

    1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC

Ind2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of India.
  2. abbreviationAbbreviation of Indonesia.

IND3

nounIND (plural INDs)

plural INDs

  1. abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Investigational New Drug application.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationhobbiesAbbreviation of Indiana.
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of The Independent Subway (System), part of the New York City subway.
nounIND (plural INDs)

plural INDs

  1. abbreviationgovernmentAbbreviation of independent, especially where the alternatives are initialisms (e.g., for television networks).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
inducive

Origin

  1. LatinIndia
  2. Middle FrenchInde
  3. EnglishInd

From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Ind

endwindgrindpinnedskinnedlindrescindSindhdownwindtinnedupwindfinnedbinnedchinnedabscindclose to the windexscindsail close to the windswindtindtrade wind
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Sounds the same

end (pin–pen merger)end (pin–pen merger)

Anagrams

dinDNI
Cite this entry
APA

Ind. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ind

MLA

“Ind.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ind. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ind,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ind.

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