Wadai

American  

[wah-dahy] / wɑˈdaɪ /

noun

1. a former independent sultanate of the Sudan, in N central Africa: now part of the Republic of Chad.

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Wadai British  

/ wɑːˈdaɪ /

noun

1. a former independent sultanate of NE central Africa: now the E part of Chad

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Example Sentences

Under succeeding monarchs the country, involved in wars with Sennar and Wadai, declined in importance.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

Before leaving the beach I presented old Wadai with an axe, as a recompense for his civility.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John

According to tradition the Tago dynasty was displaced, and Mahommedanism introduced, about the 14th century, by Tunjur Arabs, who reached Darfur by way of Bornu and Wadai.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

The Niam-Niam, who were at war with the Wadai, liberated me.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

It is, therefore, very possible that Vogel may still be held as a prisoner by the Sultan of Wadai, in the hope of obtaining a good ransom for him.

From Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules