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War-torn Sudanese region
Answer for the clue "War-torn Sudanese region ", 6 letters:
darfur
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Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 137 Housing Units (2000): 59 Land area (2000): 0.354333 sq. miles (0.917717 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.354333 sq. miles (0.917717 sq. km) FIPS code: 14770 Located within: Minnesota ...
Wikipedia
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Darfur is a region of western Sudan . It may also refer to: Sultanate of Darfur , historical state War in Darfur , a conflict in Darfur Darfur (film) , a 2009 film directed by Uwe Boll Darfur, Minnesota , a city in the United States Darfür , Finnish hardcore ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
region in Sudan, named for its people, from Arabic dar , literally "house" + Fur , ethnic name of the indigenous African population.
Usage examples of darfur.
Kanai and Darfur had worked together for many years since they'd first met while eliminating a terrorist group working out of Iran.
The huge Darfur stood behind Pitt, looking like a coyote who had a rabbit trapped in a gulch.
It should have been a stunning blow, or at least an incapacitating one, but Pitt's aim was slightly off and the major force caught Darfur just to the side of the genitals where the thigh joins the torso.
Pitt thought he might go down and readied himself to leap for the gun in Kanai's hand, but Darfur shook off the blow, rubbed his head, refocused his eyes and renewed his attack.
Instead of Darfur towering above his opponent, they stared face-to-face, no more than inches apart.
He hung on like a relentless bulldog as Darfur thrashed around the room like a madman.
As Darfur turned to lay his rifle against a chair, Pitt, who'd pretended a look of fear, suddenly uncoiled like a rattier and lashed out at Darfur with his knee, catching the monstrous man in the groin.
Pitt was suddenly aware of being jerked to his feet by Darfur, who circled his arms around Pitt's chest, clutched his hands together and began to squeeze.
When Darfur had grasped him around the back above the waist and locked his arms like a vise, Giordino had lifted his arms so that they were free and stretched in the air above the giant's head.
There was a horrible gasping wail as Darfur suddenly went limp and crashed to the floor like a timbered oak tree, with Giordino on top of him.
He knew that the Khalifa was only sending himself to Darfur that he might be a check upon Mahommed Sherif.
Long before the Egyptian expedition the natives of Sennaar were sold to the natives of Darfur and vice versa.
It borders on the Mountains of the Moon on one side, and those of Darfur on the other--a space about as broad as Europe.