Wadi Halfa
[ wah-dee hahl-fuh ]
/ ˈwɑ di ˈhɑl fə /
noun
a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.
Example sentences from the Web for wadi halfa
The Egyptian frontier had been set back as far north as Wadi-Halfa.
My Memoirs |Marguerite Steinheil
British Dictionary definitions for wadi halfa
Wadi Halfa
/ (ˈwɒdɪ ˈhælfə) /
noun
a town in the N Sudan that was partly submerged by Lake Nasser: an important archaeological site