Fashoda


Fashoda

(fəˈʃəʊdə) n (Placename) a small town in SE Sudan: scene of a diplomatic incident (1898) in which French occupation of the fort at Fashoda caused a crisis between France and Great Britain. Modern name: Kodok

Fa•sho•da

(fəˈʃoʊ də)

n. a village in the SE Sudan, on the White Nile: conflict of British and French colonial interests 1898 (Fasho′da In`cident). Modern name, Kodok.