nullah
Americannoun
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an intermittent watercourse.
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a gully or ravine.
noun
Etymology
Origin of nullah
First recorded in 1770–80, nullah is from the Hindi word nālā brook, ravine
Example Sentences
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The animals scented them before they could get within fair shot, and began to run rapidly away; whereupon Edwards rushed out, crossed a small intervening nullah, and followed upon their heels.
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It was a pleasant green nullah covered with rhododendrons and juniper, but presented nothing that one may expect of an important valley.
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Villiers, boylike, tried to ride his pony up the steep bank of a nullah.
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They were all armed with spear, and nullah, and boomerang.
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This time the howdah bearers advanced along the bank in line with the beaters, spaced across the nullah, which was fairly open, with patches of scrub here and there in it.
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