Explore Kordofan through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like district or territory. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Kordofan meaning
A former province of central Sudan.
Using Kordofan
- The main meaning on this page is: A former province of central Sudan.
- Useful related words include: district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion.
- In the example corpus, kordofan often appears in combinations such as: south kordofan, kordofan and, north kordofan.
Context around Kordofan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kordofan
- In this selection, "kordofan" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, north, west, region, resident and received stand out and add context to how "kordofan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and south kordofan and and south kordofan and now. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kordofan" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kordofan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
South Kordofan state in Sudan. (5 words)
Many young men hailing from Darfur and Kordofan have been held. (11 words)
El Doma lamented the proliferation of weapons in Darfur and South Kordofan. (12 words)
The failure to recognize this diversity and this plurality had engendered vast national problems, the most outstanding of which is the cession of the South and the eruption of war in Darfur and the two areas (South Kordofan and Southern Blue Nile). (42 words)
Greater Khartoum and the flashpoint western region of Darfur have been the main battlegrounds so far but this week residents reported a flare-up of fighting in the Kordofan region, scene of another long-running rebellion. (36 words)
Kampala — The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (Siha Network) calls on the Sudanese government to take serious steps to combat systematic violence against women in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile state. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Beyond Khartoum, witnesses reported loud explosions in the city of Obeid, in the central state of North Kordofan.
Greater Khartoum and the flashpoint western region of Darfur have been the main battlegrounds so far but this week residents reported a flare-up of fighting in the Kordofan region, scene of another long-running rebellion.
It has spread from Khartoum and the western region of Darfur to Kordofan and Jazira state, killing thousands and forcing millions to flee their homes.
Many young men hailing from Darfur and Kordofan have been held.
Moving from place to place became dangerous,” North Kordofan resident Mohamed Salman told the Reuters news agency.
Mr. Griffiths added that in West Kordofan's El Fula, humanitarian offices have been ransacked and supplies looted.
South Kordofan state in Sudan.
At midday on 6 August last year, a plane carrying unknown cargo could be seen on the runway at ’s North Kordofan state.
The statement indicated that effective communication is taking place these days to start operating flights to transport humanitarian aid to South Kordofan from Juba Airport to Kadugli Airport.
Abdelgadir Salem, the famous singer, closed the wonderful night remarking his delight that two heroes of Radio Dabanga from his home state of Kordofan received awards.
Abu Jubeiha / ED Duweim / Kenana / Wad Madani — Yesterday, people in Abu Jubeiha in South Kordofan protested the pollution caused by mining companies in the area.
El Doma lamented the proliferation of weapons in Darfur and South Kordofan.
Kampala — The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (Siha Network) calls on the Sudanese government to take serious steps to combat systematic violence against women in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile state.
Khartoum — The member of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lieutenant General Shams El Din Kabashi and his accompanying delegation concluded today a five-day successful visit to the state of South Kordofan.
North Kordofan has closed its borders with other states as well and has deployed police and security forces at entry points.
The event was attended by the princes, sultans and Chieftains of the tribes of West Kordofan, the neighboring states and the FFC leaderships.
The faction and the Sudanese government have yet to reach an agreement on secularism and the right to self-determination for the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan.
The failure to recognize this diversity and this plurality had engendered vast national problems, the most outstanding of which is the cession of the South and the eruption of war in Darfur and the two areas (South Kordofan and Southern Blue Nile).
He wondered where "these supporters of the Sharia were when the former regime killed people in South Sudan, Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan, and now, when peaceful protesters are killed".
Human Rights Watch has documented brutal attacks on civilians by the RSF in Darfur, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile since 2013.
Common combinations with kordofan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: