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Noun: Omdurman  ,óm-dûr'maan or ,óm-dur'maan
  1. A city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum
     
  2. A battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
    - battle of Omdurman

Type of: city, metropolis, pitched battle, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Sudan

Encyclopedia: Omdurman, Sudan