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

Protesters in Bhopal march against proposed dams on India’s Narmada River.Credit:

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

In the country of the Anarttas, O Bharata, there flows in a westward course the sacred river Narmada, graced by Priyangu and mango trees, and engarlanded with thickest of canes.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan