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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2021

And it is also holy because it marks the confluence of three sacred rivers�the muddy Ganges, the blue Jumna and the invisible Sarasvati, which is supposed to flow underground.

From Time Magazine Archive

His friends dug a grave, 6 ft. deep, in the sandy banks of the Jumna.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next day Shastri's body was lifted onto a gun carriage for the final five-mile drive through the dusty city to the Jumna, a tributary of the sacred Ganges.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. A. D. Imms tells me that he has obtained specimens that probably belong to this species in the Jumna at Allahabad.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

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