noun
an impoverished region of western Sudan
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Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑district, ↑territory, ↑territorial dominion, ↑dominion
• Part Holonyms: ↑Sudan, ↑Republic of the Sudan, ↑Soudan
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/dahr foor"/, n.
a province in the W Sudan. 1,869,000; 191,650 sq. mi. (496,374 sq. km). Cap.: El Fasher.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.