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

The Fashoda Incident, as it is called, ended when France withdrew its claims, realizing it was outgunned, and the two nations agreed upon a boundary line between their spheres in Africa.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

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 • Jun. 20, 2017

Due to a military incident war with England was threatened over Fashoda, a mud village in the heart of Africa.

From Time Magazine Archive

With thongs of twisted grass, the guards of Nyakang bound the willing Anei Kur, marched him into Fashoda.

From Time Magazine Archive

British feeling on the Fashoda affair was summed up by Tenniel in two cartoons which appeared in October and November, in 1898.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber