INDUS RIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indus River mean? 

• INDUS RIVER (noun)
  The noun INDUS RIVER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: INDUS RIVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDUS RIVER (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Indus; Indus River

Context example:

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

Instance hypernyms:

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

Holonyms ("Indus River" 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)