Omdurman

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {battle of Omdurman}]