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Omdurman

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Noun

1. omdurman

a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum

2. battle of omdurman, omdurman

a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese

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Omdurman

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noun
a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile, opposite Khartoum, with which it forms the country's largest city; scene of the Battle of Omdurman (1898), in which the Mahdi's successor was defeated by Lord Kitchener's forces. Pop: recent estimates vary between 1 000 000 and 3 000 000

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Omdurman

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city in WC Sudan, on the Nile, opposite Khartoum: pop. 526,000

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Omdurman

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The largest city of Sudan, in the northeast-central part on the Nile River opposite Khartoum. Anglo-Egyptian troops defeated Mahdi forces near here on September 2, 1898.

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