Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun omdurman

2 senses of omdurman

Sense 1
Omdurman -- (a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum)
       INSTANCE OF=> city, metropolis, urban center -- (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy was a great city")

Sense 2
Omdurman, battle of Omdurman -- (a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)