IND
/ɪnd/
IND is the initialism of Investigational New Drug application.
IND is the abbreviation of Indiana.
IND is the initialism of The Independent Subway.
IND is the abbreviation of independent.
Meaning of Indiana
Proper noun
Indiana (countable and uncountable, plural Indianas)
- A state of the United States. Capital: Indianapolis.
- After some political wrangling, the state legislature acquiesced to the will of the majority of the Marion County delegation and approved the Unigov bill in the winter of 1969. The legislation applied to ANY city in Indiana that had a population of 250,000 or more. The population threshold has been...2014 May, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation, page 9
- Synonyms:
- Crossroads of America, IN, Ind.
- A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil.
- A ghost town in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
- A borough, the county seat of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A barangay of Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.
- A male given name.
Meaning of independent
Noun
independent (plural independents)
- A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
- “Independents opposed the bill by around a 3-to-1 margin … The KFF and Fox News polls – the ones with the fewest undecideds – showed 7 in 10 independents opposed it,” Blake wrote.2025 June 27, Zachary B. Wolf, “Trump is losing support among independent voters. Who are they?”, in CNN
- A neutral or uncommitted person.
- A small, privately owned business.
- It’s a great hub for shopping: the high street is pedestrianised and many of the town’s 600-odd listed buildings house fabulous independents – speciality food stores, cafes, antique shops, clothing boutiques.2022 November 25, Sarah Baxter et al., “Britain's 15 best high streets – where Christmas shopping is a pleasure”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2022
- A team not affiliated with any league or conference.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Ind
Ind
- India; 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...
- High on a throne of royal state , which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind1667, 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...
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ind
Ind
Forms of IND
| plural | INDs |
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Origin of IND
From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.
Phrases with IND
Words that rhyme with IND
Questions about IND
- What does IND mean?
- IND means india; the East.
- What is IND the initialism of?
- IND is the initialism of Investigational New Drug application.
- What part of speech is IND?
- IND is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce IND?
- IND is pronounced /ɪnd/ (UK).
Words near IND in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: IND (page history and authors); Ind (page history and authors); Indiana (page history and authors); independent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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