Kadam
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kadam is a noun meaning (India) A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
Meaning
(India) A tropical evergreen tree, Neolamarckia cadamba (syn. Anthocephalus indicus, Nauclea cadamba), native to South and Southeast Asia.
More Meanings
- (South Asia, historical) A unit of distance, equal to 10 miles.
Example Sentences
Kinaram made the elephant sit under a large kadam tree.
It is at a perpendicular distance of 16 kadams from a point 69 kadams from the corner of the square.
Accordingly Mangamal had all the roads throughout the kingdom formed into avenues; and at the distance of every kadam (10 English miles) she had a choultry built
Where ten kadams equal 55 feet revenue under the rule adopted in Jhelum and Ludhiana would be remissible in whole or in part on 133 acres per mile, the land on both sides of the road being taken into account.
Word Forms
- kadams
- kadamba
- kadamb
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cadamba, tamarind, kachnar, kaim, dhak, dammara.
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