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单词 Khartoum
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Definition of Khartoum in English:

Khartoum

proper nounkɑːˈtuːmkɑrˈtum
  • The capital of Sudan, situated at the junction of the Blue Nile and the White Nile; population 2,737,500 (est. 2007).

In 1885 a British and Egyptian force under the command of General Gordon was besieged in Khartoum for ten months by the Mahdists, who eventually stormed the garrison, killing most of the defenders. It remained under the control of the Mahdists until they were defeated by the British in 1898 and the city was recaptured by General Kitchener

Rhymes

abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, Hume, illume, inhume, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom
 
 

Definition of Khartoum in US English:

Khartoum

proper nounkärˈto͞omkɑrˈtum
  • The capital of Sudan, situated at the junction of the Blue Nile and the White Nile rivers; population 2,737,500 (est. 2007). It was the capital of the Anglo-Egyptian government of Sudan until 1956, when it became the capital of the independent Republic of Sudan.

 
 
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