Places & Areas

1. السودان

   Sudan

   Sudan

   Usage

   The country's name; the form with the article ال is the standard spelling

   Grammar Note

   A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Sudan

2. الخرطوم

   Khartoum

   Khartoum

   Usage

   The capital of Sudan, where the Blue and White Niles meet

   Grammar Note

   A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Khartoum

3. ام درمان

   Omdurman

   Omdurman

   Usage

   A large city across the Nile from Khartoum. It is also written امدرمان in casual writing

   Grammar Note

   A place name. أم means "mother of" and often starts Arabic place names

4. الخرطوم بحري

   Khartoum Bahri

   Khartoum Bahri (Khartoum North)

   Usage

   One of the three towns of the Khartoum area. Locals often say just بحري (Bahri)

   Grammar Note

   A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Khartoum Bahri

5. بورتسودان

   Port Sudan

   Port Sudan

   Usage

   Sudan's main seaport, on the Red Sea

   Grammar Note

   A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Port Sudan

6. كسلا

   Kassala

   Kassala

   Usage

   A city in eastern Sudan at the foot of rocky hills

   Grammar Note

   A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Kassala

7. ود مدني

   Wad Madani

   Wad Madani

   Usage

   A city on the Blue Nile, the centre of Gezira state

   Grammar Note

   A place name. ود means "son of" and often appears in Sudanese names and places

8. الابيض

   El Obeid

   El Obeid

   Usage

   The main city of the Kordofan region in central Sudan

   Grammar Note

   A place name. It is spelled like the word for "white", so context makes it a city

9. دنقلا

   Dongola

   Dongola

   Usage

   A town on the Nile in northern Sudan

   Grammar Note

   A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Dongola

10. عطبرة

    Atbara

    Atbara

    Usage

    A town near where the Atbara River joins the Nile, known as a railway town

    Grammar Note

    A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Atbara

11. القضارف

    Gedaref

    Gedaref

    Usage

    A city in the farming belt of eastern Sudan

    Grammar Note

    A place name. The ق is read g in speech, hence the English spelling Gedaref

12. سنار

    Sennar

    Sennar

    Usage

    A town on the Blue Nile, also the name of a once-powerful kingdom

    Grammar Note

    A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Sennar

13. كوستي

    Kosti

    Kosti

    Usage

    A town on the White Nile

    Grammar Note

    A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Kosti

14. شندي

    Shendi

    Shendi

    Usage

    A town on the Nile, close to the ruins of ancient Meroë

    Grammar Note

    A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Shendi

15. سواكن

    Suakin

    Suakin

    Usage

    An old port town on the Red Sea coast

    Grammar Note

    A place name, shown on signs and maps alongside the English spelling Suakin

16. النيل

    The Nile

    The Nile

    Usage

    The great river running through Sudan from south to north; many towns and views lie along it

    Grammar Note

    A place name, always used with the article ال

17. النيل الازرق

    Blue Nile

    The Blue Nile

    Usage

    The river that flows from the Ethiopian highlands and joins the White Nile at Khartoum

    Grammar Note

    A place name. The adjective follows the noun and both take the article ال

18. النيل الابيض

    White Nile

    The White Nile

    Usage

    The river that flows in from the south and meets the Blue Nile at Khartoum

    Grammar Note

    A place name. The adjective follows the noun and both take the article ال

19. البحر الاحمر

    Red Sea

    The Red Sea

    Usage

    The sea off Sudan's eastern coast; it is also the name of a state

    Grammar Note

    A place name. The adjective follows the noun and both take the article ال

20. اهرامات مروي

    Meroë Pyramids

    The Pyramids of Meroë

    Usage

    Ruins of the ancient Kingdom of Kush, with steep, smaller pyramids than those of Egypt

    Grammar Note

    A place name made of two nouns in a row, the first qualified by the second. اهرامات has the same form as in Modern Standard Arabic

21. جبل البركل

    Jebel Barkal

    Jebel Barkal

    Usage

    A sandstone hill by the Nile with ancient temples and ruins

    Grammar Note

    A place name. جبل means "mountain" and begins the names of hills

22. وادي حلفا

    Wadi Halfa

    Wadi Halfa

    Usage

    A town at Sudan's northern end on the Nile, near the Egyptian border

    Grammar Note

    A place name. وادي means "valley, dry riverbed" and often appears in place names

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