Mahanadi

Mahanadi proper noun: a river in Central India. It has a course of 858 km and flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

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Proper noun

Mahanadi

A river in Central India. It has a course of 858 km and flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
- The small hill of Budharaja that over-looks the city of Sambalpur and the famous river Mahanadi that flows past it, the Hirakud Island now celebrated for the enormous hydro-electric project established by the Government of India—all these, besides other notable places of interest in Orissa, have...1960, Mayadhar Mansinha, History of Oriya Literature, Sahitya Akademi, page 202

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Borrowed from Sanskrit महानदी (mahānadī)/महानदि (mahānadi).

What does Mahanadi mean?: Mahanadi means a river in Central India. It has a course of 858 km and flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
What is Mahanadi in Hindi?: Mahanadi in Hindi is महानदी (mahāndī). See Mahanadi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mahanadi?: Mahanadi is a proper noun.

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