Omdurman

American

[om-door-mahn] / ˌɒm dʊərˈmɑn /

noun

a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.

Omdurman British

/ ˌɒmdɜːˈmɑːn /

noun

a city in the 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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The trader had returned home to Omdurman months after being forced to flee the city.

From Barron's

"We used to come in groups to study and have a good time," recalls Adam Hafiz Ibrahim, a student at Omdurman Islamic University.

From Barron's

A final reckoning with the Dervishes came 16 years later, at the climactic Battle of Omdurman.

From The Wall Street Journal

But even in Omdurman, across the Nile from the capital, Khartoum, and largely under army control with ample commercial supplies, the scale of need often exceeds available resources, leading kitchens to ration food.

From BBC

One eyewitness also told AFP that drones hit northern Omdurman early Tuesday, an area known to host some of Sudan's largest military installations.

From Barron's

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