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Definition of Nullah
1. Noun. A ravine or gully in southern Asia.
Definition of Nullah
1. n. A water course, esp. a dry one; a gully; a gorge; -- orig. an East Indian term.
Definition of Nullah
1. Noun. A stream. ¹
2. Noun. The dry bed of a small stream. ¹
3. Noun. A gorge or ravine. ¹
4. Noun. (context: Hong Kong) A concrete lined channel designed to allow rapid run off of storm water from high ground, to prevent flooding of urbanised coastal areas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nullah
1. a ravine [n -S] - See also: ravine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nullah
Literary usage of Nullah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"... of a recent voyage along the western shores of Victoria Xyan/a and exploration
of Jordans nullah, which they have received from their agent, Mr. Mackay. ..."
2. Jungle By-ways in India: Leaves from the Note-book of a Sportsman and a by Edward Percy Stebbing (1911)
"There is a small barricade of bushes up in front; but as a matter of fact one
could sit out in the open nullah amongst the stones just as safely, ..."
3. Across Africa by Verney Lovett Cameron, Daniel Oliver (1877)
"... nullah.—An Unexpected Chase.—Native Farming. — An Intelligent and Industrious
People. ... nullah ..."
4. Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges by Norman Collie (1902)
"... nullah. There we had arranged to meet Mummery by the side of the glacier. ...
nullah was obtained, whilst to the south and south-west a beautifully ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics of the Year (1849)
"... Sikh Cavalry in a " nullah "—Death of General Cureton—General Thackwell ordered
to turn the Flank of the Sikhs—Cannonade between them and the Detachment ..."
6. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their ...by Algernon Graves by Algernon Graves (1906)
"... the ever-glorious 22nd leading, and it carried the nullah with great slaughter
and great loss." 1857. 918 "The moon shining through the air, ..."
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