Indra
Americannoun
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Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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Airbus, Indra Sistemas and Babcock International Group are up 7%, 5% and 4%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Two influential books by Indra Devi had been published in the 1950s, and out in California, a man named Richard Hittleman was teaching it on local TV.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Australia's 16-year-old prodigy Indra Brown scored an impressive 87.00 on her final run to finish fifth.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
"Our findings provide the first cellular explanation for microcephaly in people with the rare Baraitser-Winter syndrome," says Indra Niehaus, first author of the study and research associate at Hannover Medical School.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
The glowing ball had been Vajra, the lightning bolt of Indra, the whole time.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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