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Definition of Kordofan
1. Noun. A mountainous province of central Sudan.
Group relationships: Republic Of The Sudan, Soudan, Sudan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kordofan
Literary usage of Kordofan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... 75042 square miles with 2500000 inhabitants; Taka, 7766 square miles with
1000000 inhabitants; kordofan, 35069 square miles with 300000 inhabitants; ..."
2. The Literature of Egypt and the Soudan from the Earliest Times to the Year by Ibrahim-Hilmy (1888)
"General Report on thé Province of kordofan. Submitted to General С. P. Stone ...
Traduction d'un Rapport général sur le kordofan, adressé à Son Exe. le Gén. ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"Near the spot is now placed a kordofan, n country of E. Africa, ... The population
of kordofan consists of negroes, Arabs, and emigrants from Dongola. ..."
4. Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa: With Explorations from Khartoum on the by John Petherick (1861)
"kordofan AND ITS HISTORY THE ABORIGINES ARAB IMMIGRANTS CONQUEST ... the history
of kordofan, in which Bara and its inhabitants occupied a conspicuous part. ..."
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