wady
Americannoun
plural
wadiesExample Sentences
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This strange phenomenon arose from the wady at Moolu Zughír, near Afrubba, some miles to the southward, having been filled to overflowing by the recent heavy rain.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
Behold these tokens of Eesah steel upon my thigh; I received them in this wild wady; but, by Allah, I had a life for every one of them.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
From this point until it enters the ocean it is a wady, and forms the southern boundary of Morocco.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Burnet could only conclude that in default of any means of transport they would follow the course of the wady until they reached the river.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
When the launch had run some ten miles along the wady eastward, one of the mounted Arabs on the bank announced that they had reached the spot where it was necessary to land.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Strang, Herbert
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