A hind is a female
deer
Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...
, especially a
red deer
The red deer (''Cervus elaphus'') is one of the largest deer species. A male red deer is called a stag or hart, and a female is called a hind. The red deer inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Anatolia, Iran, and parts of wes ...
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Places
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Hind (Sasanian province, 262-484)
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Hind and al-Hind, a Persian and Arabic name for the
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...
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Hind (crater)
Hind is a lunar impact crater that lies to the southeast of the walled plain Hipparchus, and due east of the crater Halley. Its diameter is 29 km. It was named after British astronomer John Russell Hind
John Russell Hind FRS FRSE LLD (1 ...
, a lunar impact crater
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1897 Hind
1897 Hind, provisional designation , is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 October 1971, by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Bergedorf Observatory in H ...
, an asteroid
Military
* , numerous Royal Navy ships
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Mil Mi-24, a helicopter, codenamed "Hind" by NATO
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Hawker Hind
The Hawker Hind was a British light bomber of the inter-war years produced by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force. It was developed from the Hawker Hart day bomber introduced in 1931.
Design and development
An improved Hawker Hart bomber d ...
, a Royal Air Force light bomber
People
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Hind (name) Hind is both an English surname and an Arabic female given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
* Alfred Hind (1878–1947), English cricketer and rugby union player
* Amos Hind (1849–1931), English cricketer
* Archie Hind (1928 ...
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Hind (singer)
Hind (Arabic language:), also spelled ''Hend'', is a female singer from Bahrain. Her work includes popular Arabic music as well as traditional Khaliji music. She was discovered by the musician Anwar Abdullah, and gave her the nickname "Hind", ...
, Bahraini singer
* Hind (singer), Dutch singer also known as
Hind Laroussi
Hind Laroussi Tahiri ( ar, هند العروسي born 3 December 1984), known professionally as Hind, is a Dutch singer of Moroccan descent.
Biography
Hind Laroussi Tahiri was born on 3 December 1984 in Gouda, Netherlands. She has a Moroccan ...
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Henry Youle Hind, British geologist and explorer
Other uses
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''Hind'' (video game), a helicopter game simulation by Digital Integration
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Epinephelus
''Epinephelus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, groupers from the subfamily Epinephelinae, part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. They are predatory fish, largely associated with reefs and are found i ...
'', a genus of groupers (fish) sometimes referred to as hinds
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Ceryneian Hind
In Greek mythology, the Ceryneian hind ( grc-gre, Κερυνῖτις ἔλαφος ''Kerynitis elaphos'', Latin: ''Elaphus Ceryniti''s), was a creature that lived in Ceryneia, Greece and took the form of an enormous female deer, larger than a bu ...
, a hind in Greek mythology
See also
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Hinds (disambiguation) Hinds may refer to:
Deer, especially does
*Deer
People with the surname Hinds:
*Hinds (surname)
In places:
*Hinds, New Zealand, a small town
*Hinds County, Mississippi, a US county
*Hinds Lake, a lake in Minnesota
*Hinds River, a river that flows ...
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Hinde (surname) Hinde (or Hynde) is an English surname. Notable persons with that surname include:
* Charles T. Hinde (1832–1915), American businessman
* Chrissie Hynde (born 1951), American musician
* Edmund C. Hinde (1830–1909), American gold miner and labo ...
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Hindi
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...
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Rear (disambiguation)
Rear may refer to:
Animals
*Rear (horse), when a horse lifts its front legs off the ground
*In stockbreeding, to breed and raise
Humans
*Parenting (child rearing), the process of promoting and supporting a child from infancy to adulthood
*Gende ...
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