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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The Sennar region was last targeted by drones in October.
From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026
It has not succeeded in capturing Sennar city from the army.
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
Other protests took place across the Nile in the cities of Omdurman and Bahri, and farther away in Gadarif and Sennar.
From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2022
There were also protests in other cities, including Kassala, Sennar and Port Sudan.
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2021
Thither were sent the ivory of Equatoria, the ostrich feathers of Kordofan, gum from Darfur, grain from Sennar, and taxes collected from all the regions.
From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Churchill, Winston
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