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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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