KHARTOUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Khartoum mean? 

• KHARTOUM (noun)
  The noun KHARTOUM has 1 sense:

1. the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile

  Familiarity information: KHARTOUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KHARTOUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

capital of Sudan; Khartoum

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Khartoum" is a part of...):

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)

 Context examples 

I then passed through Persia, looked in at Mecca, and paid a short but interesting visit to the Khalifa at Khartoum the results of which I have communicated to the Foreign Office.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)