yardang

Meaning of yardang

noun

a sharp irregular ridge of sand lying in the direction of the prevailing wind in exposed desert regions, formed by the wind erosion of adjacent material which is less resistant.

early 20th century: from Turkish, ablative of yar ‘steep bank’.

Information about yardang

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of yardang is: yardangs.
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Hyphenation of yardang

yardang

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • yardang is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with yardang

Dang, dang, Madang, Padang, ladang, padang, saladang, seladang, sladang, Gaddang, Sedang, kidang, mridang, goldang, Ujungpandang, gondang, quandang, slendang, sundang

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