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

From The Wall Street Journal

But even in Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, and largely under army control with ample commercial supplies, the scale of need often exceeds available resources, leading kitchens to ration food.

From BBC

One eyewitness also told AFP that drones hit northern Omdurman early Tuesday, an area known to host some of Sudan's largest military installations.

From Barron's

"We came here two years ago from Omdurman," Mutasim said, referring to the city that sits on the other side of the River Nile from the capital, Khartoum.

From BBC

One person undoubtedly cheering on the troops is Abidin Durma, well-known as the gravedigger of Omdurman, a sister city to Khartoum over the River Nile that is part of the capital region.

From BBC