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//ɪnd// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Investigational New Drug application. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of independent, especially where the alternatives are initialisms (e.g., for television networks). abbreviation, alt-of
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    India; the East. archaic, poetic

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

  2. 2
    Abbreviation of India. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Indiana. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    Abbreviation of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of
  5. 5
    Initialism of The Independent Subway (System), part of the New York City subway. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Example

More examples

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

Etymology

From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.

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