Associations to the word «Omdurman»

Wiktionary

OMDURMAN, proper noun. The largest city in Sudan. Part of the capital, Khartoum.

Dictionary definition

OMDURMAN, noun. A city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum.
OMDURMAN, noun. A battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese.

Wise words

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