Wadi Halfa

American

[wah-dee hahl-fuh] / ˈwɑ di ˈhɑl fə /

noun

a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.

Wadi Halfa British

/ ˈwɒdɪ ˈhælfə /

noun

a town in the N Sudan that was partly submerged by Lake Nasser: an important archaeological site

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Wadi Halfa

Most head to Wadi Halfa as it is nearer to Argeen, the main land border crossing.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

But there is almost no infrastructure in Wadi Halfa and people wait in queues for hours to be processed.

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024

Sayyed and his family arrived in Wadi Halfa after a two-day journey from Khartoum.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

When she got to Wadi Halfa the bus driver, who had promised to take her to Egypt, dropped her off with her family and demanded more money.

From Reuters ● May 8, 2023

Wadi Halfa was the military station, Tewfikieh a little frontier town to the north separated from Halfa by a mile of river-bank.

From The Four Feathers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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