Fashoda

American  

[fuh-shoh-duh] / fəˈʃoʊ də /

noun

1. a village in the SE Sudan, on the White Nile: conflict of British and French colonial interests 1898 FashodaIncident.

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Fashoda British  

/ fəˈʃəʊdə /

noun

1. Modern name: Kodok.  a small town in SE Sudan: scene of a diplomatic incident (1898) in which French occupation of the fort at Fashoda caused a crisis between France and Great Britain

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Example Sentences

Although Aburoc is currently peaceful, Adhong, the acting governor of Fashoda state, said it’s hard to feel safe when the “enemy’s next door.”

From Seattle Times

"Do not let us make this Fashoda," said he.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1898 he had to deal with the delicate situation caused by Captain Marchand’s occupation of Fashoda, for which, as he admitted in a speech in the chamber on the 23rd of January 1899, he accepted full responsibility, since it arose directly out of the Liotard expedition, which he had himself organized while minister for the colonies; and in March 1899 he concluded an agreement with Great Britain by which the difficulty was finally adjusted, and France consolidated her vast colonial empire in North-West Africa.

From Project Gutenberg

The Fashoda incident of July 1898 was a result of this policy, and Hanotaux’s distrust of England is frankly stated in his literary works.

From Project Gutenberg

The extension of French influence northward towards Lake Chad and eastward to the verge of the basin of the Nile followed, though not without involving the country in serious disputes with the other European powers possessing rights in The advance towards the Nile: Fashoda. those regions.

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