Sennar
Americannoun
noun
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a region of the E Sudan, between the White Nile and the Blue Nile: a kingdom from the 16th to 19th centuries
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a town in this region, on the Blue Nile: the nearby Sennar Dam (1925) supplies irrigation water to Gezira. Pop: 135 000 (2005 est)
Example Sentences
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Sennar state has seen relative calm since the army recaptured key Sudanese cities in late 2024 in an offensive that later saw it regain the capital Khartoum.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
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
"In the current circumstances, anyone would see that it is impossible to have a new academic year," said Sahar Abdullah, a displaced teacher from Khartoum also seeking refuge in Sennar.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023
There were also protests in other cities, including Kassala, Sennar and Port Sudan.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
In the days of the Government he had practised an extensive fraud in Khartum, and also in Sennar as an alchemist, and now he came forward to offer his services for the manufacture of lead.
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by F. R. Wingate
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