Fashoda

[ fuh-shoh-duh ]

noun

1. a village in the SE Sudan, on the White Nile: conflict of British and French colonial interests 1898 FashodaIncident.

Fashoda

/ fəˈʃəʊdə /

noun

1. 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 Modern nameKodok

Example Sentences

I put Fashoda first, because the incident came perilously near embroiling us in war with France.

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A dispute with Great Britain arose, and it was decided that the expedition should evacuate Fashoda.

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An Egyptian military post was established at Fashoda in 1865.

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Marchand will leave Fashoda for Cairo, where he will await the instructions of the Government.

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The news has come that Marchand left Fashoda on the eleventh.

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