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Om·dur·man

(ŏm′do͝or-män′)

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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Omdurman

(ˌɒmdɜːˈmɑːn)

(Placename) 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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Om•dur•man

(ˌɒm dʊərˈmɑn)

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a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum. 1,267,077.

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Noun	1.	Omdurman - a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Sudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
	2.	Omdurman - a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese battle of Omdurman Soudan, Sudan - a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

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