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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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;
[syn: Omdurman, battle of Omdurman]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Omdurman \Omdurman\ prop. n. A battle (1898) in which an Anglo-Egyptian army under Lord Kitchener defeated the Sudanese. Syn: battle of Omdurman. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Omdurman n 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 [syn: Omdurman, battle of Omdurman]