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
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Such words as "blastoderm", "sindoc," "peris," "parasang," "sarcenet," "teazel," "nullah," "cantatrice," "barracan," "sistrum," writhed and hissed in her verses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Villiers, boylike, tried to ride his pony up the steep bank of a nullah.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers
Yesterday’s camp was admirably chosen for defensive purposes, being surrounded on all sides by a deep nullah.
From March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
They were all armed with spear, and nullah, and boomerang.
From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Gordon Stables
It was a relief to reach the nullah and the cool shelter of the trees in it.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
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