nullah
Americannoun
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an intermittent watercourse.
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a gully or ravine.
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of nullah
First recorded in 1770–80, nullah is from the Hindi word nālā brook, ravine
Example Sentences
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The way was across an undulating plain, with many deep nullahs covered with trees, and so dark that we could not see our horses’ ears.
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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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Had we known this at the time we could have divided our forces, gone along both banks and probably got the bears as they scrambled up out of the nullah.
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