Definitions for kordofanˌkɔr doʊˈfɑn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Kor•do•fanˌkɔr doʊˈfɑn(n.)

  1. a province in the central Sudan. 3,103,000. ab. 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Cap.: El Obeid.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Kordofan(noun)

    a mountainous province of central Sudan

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kordofan

    an Egyptian Soudanese province on the W. bank of the Nile; an undulating dry country, furnishing crops of millet, and exporting gums, hides, and ivory; was lost in the Mahdist revolt of 1883, but recovered by Lord Kitchener's expedition in 1898; El Obeid (30), the capital is 230 m. SW. of Khartoum.


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