El Obeid

[ el oh-beyd ]

noun
  1. a city in the central Sudan: Egyptian army defeated by Mahdist forces 1883.

  • Arabic Al-U·bay·yid [al-oo-bey-id] /ˌæl ʊˈbeɪ ɪd/ .
  • Also O·beid [oh-beyd], /oʊˈbeɪd/, Al-O·beid [al-oh-beyd] /ˌæl oʊˈbeɪd/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for El Obeid

El Obeid

/ (ɛl əʊˈbeɪd) /


noun
  1. a city in the central Sudan, in Kordofan province: scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi (1883). Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)

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