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Darfur

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Dar·fur  (där-fr)
A region and former sultanate of western Sudan. Occupied since prehistoric times, the area fell to the Egyptians in 1874 and later to the British, who incorporated it into their holdings in the Sudan.
Darfur [dɑːˈfʊə]
n
(Placename) a region of the W Sudan; an independent kingdom until conquered by Egypt in 1874
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Noun1.Darfur - an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan"
Republic of the Sudan, Soudan, Sudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956


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