Fashoda

[ fuh-shoh-duh ]
/ fəˈʃoʊ də /

noun

a village in the SE Sudan, on the White Nile: conflict of British and French colonial interests 1898 (Fashoda Incident).
Modern name Ko·dok [koh-dok] /ˈkoʊ dɒk/.

Example sentences from the Web for kodok

  • At Fashoda, which is now officially called Kodok, the party came across an English missionary boat.

    General Gatacre |Beatrix Gatacre

  • With animals of the frog kind (kodok) the swamps everywhere teem; and their noise upon the approach of rain is tremendous.

    The History of Sumatra |William Marsden

British Dictionary definitions for kodok (1 of 2)

Kodok
/ (ˈkəʊdɒk) /

noun

the modern name for Fashoda

British Dictionary definitions for kodok (2 of 2)

Fashoda
/ (fəˈʃəʊdə) /

noun

a small town in SE Sudan: scene of a diplomatic incident (1898) in which French occupation of the fort at Fashoda caused a crisis between France and Great Britain Modern name: Kodok