Sennar

[ suh-nahr ]

/ səˈnɑr /

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

Example sentences from the Web for sennar

The revolt broke out simultaneously in Sennar and Darfur, and spread to provinces still more remote.

The River War |Winston S. Churchill
Under succeeding monarchs the country, involved in wars with Sennar and Wadai, declined in importance.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 |Various
He subdued Nubia and Sennar in 1820-22; and then, requiring a larger army, he obtained instructors from France.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 |Various
Sennar had suffered from the Mahdiists for a very long time.

Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 |F. R. Wingate

On the east the province of Sennar used to produce abundant grain, and might easily produce no less abundant cotton.

The River War |Winston S. Churchill

Sennar

/ (ˈsɛnɑː, sɛˈnɑː) /

a region of the E Sudan, between the White Nile and the Blue Nile: a kingdom from the 16th to 19th centuries

a town in this region, on the Blue Nile: the nearby Sennar Dam (1925) supplies irrigation water to Gezira. Pop: 135 000 (2005 est)