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gramadulla

gramadulla noun: arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.

gramadulla: arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges
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Noun

gramadulla (plural gramadullas)

  1. (Namibia) Arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.
    • the word “gramadulla” […] seemed to express just the bleak desolation of those grey-capped masses of rock and the wild labyrinth of those innumerable gorges and ravines.1958, Henno Martin, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, The Sheltering Desert, New York: Thomas Nelson, pages 65-66
    • Perhaps it was Lisa, who had become a huntress, who chased him on; across the plains and down the gramadulla gorges, and through the shade of granite dykes.1971, Jillian Becker, The Union, London: Chatto & Windus, Chapter 4, p. 248

Forms of gramadulla

pluralgramadullas

Questions about gramadulla

What does gramadulla mean?
Gramadulla means arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.
What part of speech is gramadulla?
Gramadulla is a noun.
What is the plural of gramadulla?
The plural of gramadulla is gramadullas.

Words near gramadulla in the dictionary

  1. gram-positive
  2. gram.
  3. grama
  4. gramadoela
  5. gramadoelas
  6. gramadulla
  7. gramadullas
  8. gramagrass
  9. gramagrasses
  10. Gramajo
  11. Gramajos

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