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
I hurriedly scrambled up again and sat with my rifle ready, until I saw first one man, then another and another, appear in the nullah; and finally the whole line of beaters reached us.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
Just as we had finished our meal, a cow burst out of the jungle in the nullah and dashed in among the groups of men.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
When the sportsmen on their elephants reached the edge of the bank, it was nowhere to be seen; and they concluded that it must have escaped down the nullah.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly
It was a pleasant green nullah covered with rhododendrons and juniper, but presented nothing that one may expect of an important valley.
From Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 by Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
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