Omdurman

[ om-door-mahn ]

noun

1. a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.

Omdurman

/ ˌɒmdɜːˈmɑːn /

noun

1. a city in the central Sudan, on the White Nile, opposite Khartoum, with which it forms the country's largest city; scene of the Battle of Omdurman (1898), in which the Mahdi's successor was defeated by Lord Kitchener's forces. Pop: recent estimates vary between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000

Example Sentences

At Omdurman, near Khartoum, the dervishes were met in force and a fierce and final battle was fought.

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Then at last he moved finally up the western bank of the Nile and came in sight of Omdurman.

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Klootz came at once to me and said that an entire English mail for Gordon had been captured near Omdurman.

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Khartum and Omdurman were electrified; a consultation was quickly held, and it was at once decided to prevent their landing.

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It was Clementino's intention to collect all the Greeks here, and then take them to Omdurman.

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