sudd

[ suhd ]

/ sʌd /

noun

(in the White Nile) floating vegetable matter that often obstructs navigation.

Nearby words

Origin of sudd

1870–75; < Arabic: literally, obstruction

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Examples from the Web for sudd

Their advance was impeded by the sudd, and, after writing discouraging reports, their attempt was abandoned.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport
At length the sudd becomes soft and yields to the pressure of the water, and then the Nile is navigable again.
From Pole to Pole|Sven Anders Hedin
The Sudan government, however, sent engineering parties to remove the sudd blocks and open out a continuous waterway.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2|Various
The sudd, it is supposed, stopped the advance of the Roman centurions who were sent up the Nile in the days of Nero.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport

Baker cut through fifty miles of the sudd, and urged the khdive to reopen the Nile.
History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport

British Dictionary definitions for sudd

sudd

/ (sʌd) /

noun

floating masses of reeds and weeds that occur on the White Nile and obstruct navigation

Word Origin for sudd

C19: from Arabic, literally: obstruction

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