Narmada

American  

[ner-muhd-uh] / nərˈmʌd ə /

Also Narbada,

noun

1. a river flowing W from central India to the Arabian Sea. 800 miles (1,290 km) long.

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Narmada British  

/ nəˈmʌdə /

noun

1. a river in central India, rising in Madhya Pradesh and flowing generally west to the Gulf of Cambay in a wide estuary: the second most sacred river in India. Length: 1290 km (801 miles)

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Example Sentences

When he died in 1236, the sultanate controlled the area from the Himalayas through the Ganges River valley to the Narmada River at the northern edge of the Deccan Plateau.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Narmada Winery has won more than 650 medals for its wine, more than 200 were gold or better.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2021

For 33 years, the Narmada Bachao Andolan mass social movement has marched and brought court cases to stall dam construction on India’s Narmada River, which runs from Madhya Pradesh to the Arabian Sea.

From Nature • May 22, 2018

The first dinosaur fossils found in Asia, belonging to a kind of sauropod, were unearthed in 1828 in Jabalpur, in central India's Narmada Valley.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2018

The celestial river Narmada, auspicious and sacred and of cool waters, in her own nature, O Bharata, courted him.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan