1. A battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese
   - battle of Omdurman 
2. A city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum

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

Part of: Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Sudan

Encyclopedia: Omdurman

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