Sutlej

[ suht-lej ]

/ ˈsʌt lɛdʒ /

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noun

a river in S Asia, flowing W and SW from SW Tibet through NW India into the Indus River in Pakistan. 900 miles (1,450 km) long.

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Words nearby Sutlej

susurrus, Sutcliffe, Suth., Sutherland, Sutherland Falls, Sutlej, sutler, sutra, Sutta Pitaka, suttee, Sutter

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How to use Sutlej in a sentence

The Sutlej seems to have arrived on the 3rd; that's a day later, isn't it, than we made out she would be?
Hilda|Sarah Jeanette Duncan
As they gained the bridge their pursuers were at hand, precipitating them over it into the Sutlej.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
The train for the Sutlej must have had a narrow shave of meeting it.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan
It was empty—the Sutlej had left it only three-quarters of an hour ago.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan

If the Sutlej had sailed—well, that, too, was the leading and the light.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan

British Dictionary definitions for Sutlej

Sutlej

/ (ˈsʌtlɪdʒ) /

noun

a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet and flowing west through the Himalayas: crosses Himachal Pradesh and the Punjab (India), enters Pakistan, and joins the Chenab west of Bahawalpur: the longest of the five rivers of the Punjab. Length: 1368 km (850 miles)

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