Jumna

British  

/ ˈdʒʌmnə /

noun

1. a river in N India, rising in Uttarakhand in the Himalayas and flowing south and southeast to join the Ganges just below Allahabad (a confluence held sacred by Hindus). Length: 1385 km (860 miles)

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Example Sentences

Some of his films - Mela, Naya Daur, Ganga Jumna, Devdas and Mughal-e-Azam - were superhits and won him legions of fans.

From BBC

In the evening the Fort Taj and station were illuminated, and there was a gorgeous display of fireworks on the banks of the Jumna in honour of His Majesty.

From The Guardian

Two years ago, Mr. Waqif created “HELP, Jumna’s Protest,” with his own funds, spending about 60,000 rupees, or $1,100, to install a work made of plastic bottles, LED lights and a metal frame spelling out “help” on the heavily polluted Yamuna river flowing through Delhi.

From New York Times

It is fifteen miles wide, and about sixty miles long, extending from the Jumna to the Ganges.

From Project Gutenberg

In the spring, when the snows melt and the rains come, every torrent whose rocky bed is now bare, becomes a foaming flood, rushing down the hills, and tearing its way through the lowlands, till lost in the Jumna or the Ganges.

From Project Gutenberg