Khartoum
/kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/
Khartoum proper noun: the capital city of Sudan.
Proper noun
Khartoum
- The capital city of Sudan.
- 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.2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025
- The Sudanese government.
Khartoum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Khartoum in Hindi
- capital of Sudan
- ख़ार्तूम xārtūm, खार्तूम khārtūm
Khartoum in Tamil
- capital of Sudan
- கார்த்தூம் kārttūm
Khartoum in Marathi
- capital of Sudan
- खार्तूम khārtūm
Khartoum in Urdu
- capital of Sudan
- خرطوم xartūm
More languagesFewer languages
- Khartoum in Bengali
- খার্তুম khartum
- Khartoum in Malayalam
- ഖാർത്തൂം khāṟttūṁ
- Khartoum in Pashto
- خرطوم xartum
- Khartoum in Arabic
- الْخُرْطُوم al-ḵurṭūm
- Khartoum in Malay
- Khartoum
- Khartoum in Indonesian
- Khartoum
- Khartoum in Persian
- خارطوم xârtum, خرطوم xartum, xortum
- Khartoum in Thai
- คาร์ทูม kaa-tuum
- Khartoum in Vietnamese
- Khắc-tum
- Khartoum in Myanmar
- ခါတွမ်းမြို့ hka-twam:mrui.
Origin of Khartoum
Possibly from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm, “elephant trunk”), but more likely from Arabic قُرْطُم (qurṭum, “safflower”).
Words formed from Khartoum
Words that rhyme with Khartoum
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- gloom
- home
- presume
- whom
- womb
- resume
- tomb
- abloom
- legume
- loom
- rheum
- backroom
- boardroom
- combe
- coomb
- entomb
- enwomb
- exhume
- flume
- grume
- kaboom
- neume
- packing room
- shroom
- sloom
- subsume
- absume
- addoom
- anteroom
- barroom
- bitume
- brume
- chum
- cloom
- cwm
- desume
- fixing room
- foredoom
- fwoom
- glume
- illume
- khoum
- locker room
- raying room
- simoom
- spume
- thoom
- toom
Questions about Khartoum
- What does Khartoum mean?
- Khartoum means the capital city of Sudan.
- What is Khartoum in Hindi?
- Khartoum in Hindi is ख़ार्तूम (xārtūm), खार्तूम (khārtūm). See Khartoum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Khartoum?
- Khartoum is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Khartoum?
- Khartoum is pronounced /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/.
Words near Khartoum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Khartoum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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