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

They named the winery Narmada after Pandit’s mother.

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

In 2007, for instance, the high school physics teacher borrowed $300 and rented a small truck to haul a 2-ton rock from a site in the fossil-rich Narmada Valley, in central India's Madhya Pradesh state.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2018

The scene resembled the two currents of the great river Narmada at the point where it is divided by the Rikshavat mountains standing across it.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan