Omdurman

American  

[om-door-mahn] / ˌɒm dʊərˈmɑn /

noun

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

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Omdurman British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

A few weeks ago, he decided to relocate with his family to Khartoum and rented a house in Omdurman, a city that forms one of the capital’s three parts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Elsewhere in Omdurman, Hassan Bachir laid the table as neighbours rolled out a mat, all waiting for the sun to set.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Journalist Othman al‑Jundi, who had stayed in Omdurman during the war, said the city was "completely different" this year.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

A final reckoning with the Dervishes came 16 years later, at the climactic Battle of Omdurman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

He imagined himself as the young Winston Churchill covering Kitchener’s battle at Omdurman, a battle of superior versus inferior arms, except that, unlike Churchill, he sided with the moral victor.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie