Indus
专有名词
英 /ˈɪn.dəs/
美 /ˈɪn.dəs/
英文释义
专有名词
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A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
— The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt.
- A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
词源
词源 1
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh).
Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
词源 2
Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus (“Indian”), commemorating American Indians.
词源 3
Clipping of industry.
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