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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A battle (1898) in which an Anglo-Egyptian army under Lord Kitchener defeated the Sudanese.
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- proper noun The largest city in
Sudan . Part of the capital,Khartoum .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum
- noun a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
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We will land in Omdurman, and make contact with the people who run the company there.
Messages to Mars Hugh Barlow 2011
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Gone are the days when foreign journalists marvelled at the cafe bars that were gently misted in various spots in upscale Khartoum and Omdurman.
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Ah, because these guys are savages, to be mowed down like fuzzy-fuzzies in the battle of Omdurman.
Matthew Yglesias » No “Mistake” in Sharon’s Gaza Disengagement Plan 2010
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Used in British colonial conflicts, such as the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, the Maxim performed even better than advertised, putting Gatling out of business.
A history of the gun that made history IV Mark A. Keefe 2010
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A young officer named Winston Churchill machine gunned about 50,000 Dervishes at Omdurman.
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The women gathered in Omdurman to protest against rape and human rights abuses.
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Another flight had us in Omdurman, and Mr. O'Neil insisted that we stay at one of the more expensive hotels in the city.
Messages to Mars Hugh Barlow 2011
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Used in British colonial conflicts, such as the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, the Maxim performed even better than advertised, putting Gatling out of business.
A history of the gun that made history IV Mark A. Keefe 2010
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The May 2008 attack on Khartoum's twin city, Omdurman, was the closest a Darfur rebel group had reached the capital.
Darfur Rebels Sign Truce Deal With Sudan The Associated Press 2010
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Though many German officers initially resisted machine guns, the events at Omdurman and the Russo-Japanese War had made their impression, and by the early twentieth century, manufacturing had begun in earnest of the German modification Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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