Dongola

[ dong-guh-luh ]

noun

1. a former province in the N Sudan, now part of Northern Province.

Dongola

/ ˈdɒŋɡələ /

noun

1. a small town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: built on the site of Old Dongola, the capital of the Christian Kingdom of Nubia (6th to 14th centuries). Pop: 16 900 (2001 est)

Example Sentences

This means a six-and-a half-hour car journey from Khartoum to Dongola ends up taking 11.

From BBC

At night, we stopped at a cafe in the city of Dongola and rented beds to sleep on in the open air, without any blankets to protect us from the cold night.

From BBC

Instead, there were large numbers of private transport vehicles, all filled with people heading towards northern cities such as Merowe, Dongola, and Wadi Halfa.

From BBC

She managed to find transportation from the adjoining city of Omdurman to the northern city of Dongola, before waiting 24 hours in the searing heat to cross the Egyptian border.

From BBC

The Sudanese army said in a statement the Egyptians were evacuated from the northern town Dongola via four Egyptian military planes.

From Reuters