Fashoda
[fuh-shoh-duh] /fəˈʃoʊ də/
noun
1.
a village in the SE Sudan, on the White Nile: conflict of British and French colonial interests 1898 (Fashoda Incident)
/fəˈʃəʊdə/
noun
1.
a small town in SE Sudan: scene of a diplomatic incident (1898) in which French occupation of the fort at Fashoda caused a crisis between France and Great Britain Modern name Kodok
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