Khartoum

English Etymology Possibly from en ar خُرْطُوم elephant trunk, but more likely from Arabic ar قُرْطُم safflower. Pronunciation en /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Khartoum.wav Southern England en uːm 2 Proper noun en Q1963en capital city c/Sudan. en Nimi Princewill Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/africa/sudans-army-captures-khartoum-from-rsf-intl 2025-03-27 But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deeply embedded elsewhere in Sudan and attempting to form a parallel government, analysts warn there is little likelihood of a swift resolution to the war. https://web.archive.org/web/20250718011930/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/africa/sudans-army-captures-khartoum-from-rsf-intl en metonymy The Sudanese government. Derived terms en Khartoum North en Khartoumer en Khartoumian Translations capital of Sudan Afrikaans: af Kartoem, af Khartoem Albanian: sq Kartumi m Amharic: am ካርቱም Arabic: ar الْخُرْطُوم f Armenian: hy Խարթում Asturian: ast Ḥartum Azerbaijani: az Xartum Belarusian: be Харту́м m Bengali: bn খার্তুম Bulgarian: bg Харту́м m Burmese: my ခါတွမ်းမြို့ Catalan: ca Khartum m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀土穆 Kātǔmù Coptic: cop Ϧⲁⲣⲑⲱⲙ, cop ⲡⲓ-Ϧⲁⲣⲑⲱⲙ, cop Ⲡⲓϧⲁⲣⲑⲱⲙ Czech: cs Chartúm m Danish: da Khartoum n Dinka: din Kartum, din Kaartuɔ̈m Dutch: nl Khartoem n, nl Chartoem n Esperanto: eo Ĥartumo Estonian: et Hartum Farefare: gur Kartum Finnish: fi Khartum French: fr Khartoum f Fur: fvr Ka̱rtʉ̂m Galician: gl Khartún m Georgian: ka ხარტუმი German: de Khartum n Greek: el Χαρτούμ Hebrew: he חַ׳רְטוּם f h'artum, he חֻ׳רטוּם f h'urtum Hindi: hi ख़ार्तूम m, hi खार्तूम m Hungarian: hu Kartúm Icelandic: is Kartúm, is Kartúm Ido: io Khartoum Indonesian: id Khartoum Irish: ga Cartúm m Italian: it Khartum f Japanese: ja ハルツーム Harutsūmu Kazakh: kk Хартум Khmer: km ខាទុំ Korean: ko ^하르툼 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Xertûm, kmr Xartûm Kyrgyz: ky Хартум Latvian: lv Hartūma f Lithuanian: lt Chartumas m Macedonian: mk Картум m Malay: ms Khartoum Malayalam: ml ഖാർത്തൂം Maltese: mt Kartum m Marathi: mr खार्तूम n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Хартум Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Khartoum Nynorsk: nn Khartoum Ossetian: os Хартум Pashto: ps خرطوم m xartum Persian: fa خارطوم xârtum, fa خرطوم xartum, xortum Polish: pl Chartum m Portuguese: pt Cartum Romanian: ro Khartoum Russian: ru Харту́м m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Картум m Latin: sh Kartum m Silesian: szl Chartům m Slovak: sk Chartúm m Slovene: sl Kartum m Spanish: es Jartum m Swahili: sw Khartoum Swedish: sv Khartoum n Tajik: tg Хартум Tamil: ta கார்த்தூம் Tatar: tt Хартум Thai: th คาร์ทูม Tibetan: bo ཁར་ཏུམ Turkish: tr Hartum Ottoman Turkish: ota خرطوم hartum Turkmen: tk Hartum Ukrainian: uk Харту́м m Urdu: ur خرطوم xartūm Uyghur: ug خارتۇم Uzbek: uz Xartum Vietnamese: vi Khắc-tum Welsh: cy Khartoum Yiddish: yi כאַרטום n Portuguese Proper noun f pt Cartum