Dongola
a former province in the N Sudan, now part of Northern Province.
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How to use Dongola in a sentence
All men who attended had a head-dress made of the leaf petiole of the betel tree and the red leaves of the Dongola plant.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxDull Dongola are first tawed and then retanned in gambier liquor.
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner BennettThese horses appear to have come from the vicinity of Dongola, and the strain still survives in the Sudan.
An expedition was sent out in 1896, which captured Dongola in September and defeated the dervish force in several engagements.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century | Charles MorrisBut Dongola was not the high place of the enemy; it was not there that Gordon died or that Abdullahi was still alive.
Lord Kitchener | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for Dongola
/ (ˈdɒŋɡələ) /
a small town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: built on the site of Old Dongola, the capital of the Christian Kingdom of Nubia (6th to 14th centuries). Pop: 16 900 (2001 est)
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