Ind
English
Etymology
From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnd/
- Rhymes: -ɪnd
Proper noun
Ind
- (archaic, poetic) India; the East.
- 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 606515358, [Act III, scene ii], line 84:
- From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- High on a throne of royal state , which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnt/
Audio (file)
Noun
Ind m anim (feminine Indka)
Usage notes
- Cannot be used for American Indians.
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