Gezira
Americannoun
noun
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Beyond the capital, the army has also won near total control of the crucial state of Gezira.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
The breadbasket regions of Gezira and Sennar along the Blue Nile, a place of vast irrigated farms, have been ravaged.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2024
The hotspots include Khartoum, the western Darfur region, and the provinces of Kordofan and Gezira — areas where roadblocks, taxation demands and security threats endanger supplies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
It is now on the backfoot in central Sudan after the RSF recently took over the city of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira state, which had been seen as a safe-haven from the fighting.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2023
From a report of the British Cotton-growing Association:— "The negotiations with the Government for the development of the irritation scheme for the Gezira plain are still under consideration."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 3, 1917 by Various
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