Khartoum

Or Khar·tum

[kahr-toom]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the White and Blue Nile rivers: besieged 1885; retaken by the British 1898.

Khartoum

/ kɑːˈtuːm /

noun

1. the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the Blue and the White Nile: with adjoining Khartoum North and Omdurman, the largest conurbation in the country; destroyed by the Mahdists in 1885 when General Gordon was killed; seat of the Anglo-Egyptian government of the Sudan until 1954, then capital of the new republic. Pop: 4 495 000 (2005 est)

Khartoum

1. Capital of Sudan, a port at the juncture of the two upper portions of the Nile River — the Blue Nile and White Nile.

Example Sentences

Ukraine helped push rebel forces out of Khartoum, the capital.

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Along with Iran, Turkey has supplied the Sudanese army with long-range drones, which "made a big difference" in the recapture of the capital Khartoum from the RSF in March, according to Badi.

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The paramilitaries have repeatedly targeted both military and civilian facilities, intensifying its attacks on the capital Khartoum in October and the wartime seat of government in Port Sudan during the spring.

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El-Obeid, which hosts an airport, sits on a key supply route linking Darfur and Khartoum.

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Residents in Khartoum, which is controlled by the army, told the AFP news agency that they were woken overnight by the sound of drones and explosions.

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