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yardang

The English word “yardang” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A large wind-eroded mass of soft or poorly consolidated rock in a desert region which lies parallel to the prevailing winds, often with an unusual shape.

Etymology

From yardan, ablative of Turkish yar ("cliff", "precipice").

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