Omdurman

[ om-door-mahn ]

noun

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

Omdurman

/ ˌɒmdɜːˈmɑːn /

noun

1. 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

Example Sentences

Witnesses say the army is advancing towards Khartoum from nearby Omdurman, where clashes erupted on Saturday.

From BBC

The BBC visited a hospital ward in Omdurman, just across the River Nile from the capital Khartoum.

From BBC

At one such point, I met a group of women who had walked four hours to a market in army-controlled territory at the edge of Omdurman, where food is cheaper.

From BBC

Witnesses reported intense aerial bombardments and heavy fighting on Thursday as army troops crossed two key bridges over the River Nile - which had separated government-controlled areas in Omdurman from the regions controlled by the RSF.

From BBC

One of the women, who the BBC is not naming, says she was captured with her two-year-old son as she was fleeing Omdurman, near the capital, Khartoum.

From BBC