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Khartoum

Khartoum

17 6.3
The capital city of Sudan where the Blue and White Nile rivers meet
  • proper noun
  • /kɑrˈtum/
: Jartum
  • Today's guest is Sajud Khalid Ahmed Al Duma, an open learner from Khartoum, Sudan.
  • Khartoum, Sudan
  • Khartoum government
  • Khartoum University

And I don't blame them because, you know, the bureaucracy in Khartoum.

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Examples

  • I have a flight to Khartoum tomorrow.

  • That's according to a statement released by the Sudanese government in Khartoum.

    Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

  • We'll get a car to Khartoum first thing in the morning.

    Death on the Nile (2022)

  • I have a flight to Khartoum tomorrow.

    Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)

  • Students from Khartoum also come during their state school holidays to complete religious training.

    Academic text (2008)

  • And MO was in law school at Khartoum University.

  • But when we arrived in Khartoum, NCAM officials warned it would not be safe to work there.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Special relations between Iran and Sudan followed a visit by President Rafsanjani to Khartoum in December 1991.

    Academic text (1997)

  • We will get a car to Khartoum first thing in the morning.

  • Ibrahim's parents long ago took refuge in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, as did two of his brothers.

Surface Forms

Khartoum main

Etymology

Khartoum comes from the Arabic word khurṭūm, which means 'elephant's trunk'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture the place where the Blue Nile and White Nile meet looking like a trunk, so the city at that river meeting is called Khartoum.