Explore Nilgai through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like antelope. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nilgai in a sentence
Nilgai meaning
A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.
Synonyms of Nilgai
Using Nilgai
- The main meaning on this page is: A large antelope, of species Boselaphus tragocamelus, of India; blue bull.
- Useful related words include: nylghai, nylghau, blue bull, boselaphus tragocamelus.
- In the example corpus, nilgai often appears in combinations such as: of nilgai, nilgai blue.
Context around Nilgai
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nilgai
- In this selection, "nilgai" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deer, male, blue and wild stand out and add context to how "nilgai" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include convert male nilgai a very and management of nilgai can be. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nilgai" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nilgai
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
These species include leopards, peacocks, deer, nilgai, wild boars, swans and monkeys. (12 words)
The grassland has a significant population of nilgai (blue bulls) which the lions are preying on. (16 words)
A small number of nilgai are found along the Pakistan-India border and in some parts of Cholistan. (18 words)
This quotation is from Stephen Mills' book Tiger, describing an event witnessed by Valmik Thapar and Fateh Singh Rathore in Ranthambhore National Park : citation A dominant tigress they called Padmini killed a convert male nilgai – a very large antelope. (39 words)
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said that issues like deployment of satellite for agriculture purposes and management of Nilgai can be discussed even after the Assembly session. (31 words)
The areas of grassland habitat are ready to provide food for the animals that lions prey upon like nilgai (blue bull), chital (spotted deer), sambhar, chinkara. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
These species include leopards, peacocks, deer, nilgai, wild boars, swans and monkeys.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday said that issues like deployment of satellite for agriculture purposes and management of Nilgai can be discussed even after the Assembly session.
The grassland has a significant population of nilgai (blue bulls) which the lions are preying on.
The areas of grassland habitat are ready to provide food for the animals that lions prey upon like nilgai (blue bull), chital (spotted deer), sambhar, chinkara.
A small number of nilgai are found along the Pakistan-India border and in some parts of Cholistan.
This quotation is from Stephen Mills' book Tiger, describing an event witnessed by Valmik Thapar and Fateh Singh Rathore in Ranthambhore National Park : citation A dominant tigress they called Padmini killed a convert male nilgai – a very large antelope.
Common combinations with nilgai
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of nilgai 3×
- nilgai blue 2×