gramadulla
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Arid terrain characterized by numerous alternating canyons and gorges.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "1971, Jillian Becker, The Union, London: Chatto & Windus, Chapter 4, p. 248, 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."
- "ephemeral rivers like the Swakop are deeply incised into the plains, producing gorges and areas of badlands (locally called gramadullas)"