SIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sind mean? 

• SIND (noun)
  The noun SIND has 1 sense:

1. a region of southeastern Pakistan

  Familiarity information: SIND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A region of southeastern Pakistan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("Sind" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Holonyms ("Sind" 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)

 Context examples 

Snakes not covered by the available antivenom include India’s most venomous snake, the Sind krait (Bungarus sindanus).

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)

The researchers studied the venom composition, activities and toxicities of India’s neglected venomous snake species, including the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), and Sind krait, and found that the standard Indian antivenom had disturbing deficiencies.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)