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Sennar

[ suh-nahr ]

noun

  1. a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.


Sennar

/ sɛˈnɑː; ˈsɛnɑː /

noun

  1. a region of the E Sudan, between the White Nile and the Blue Nile: a kingdom from the 16th to 19th centuries
  2. a town in this region, on the Blue Nile: the nearby Sennar Dam (1925) supplies irrigation water to Gezira. Pop: 135 000 (2005 est)


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Example Sentences

Karkoj and Sennar, which were generally called the granaries of the Sudan, were desolated by famine.

For this a terrible vengeance was taken, and Egyptian sovereignty was established over Sennar and Kordofan.

In 1884 the rebels again attacked Sennar, but were repulsed.

Sennar had suffered from the Mahdiists for a very long time.

The fellahin, indeed, call surgeons “Senaari” (men of Sennar).

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