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noun

Dongola n.

A government of Upper Egypt.

Same as Dongola kid.

Dongola kid, Dongola leather, leather made by the Dongola process.

Dongola process, a process of tanning goatskin, and now also calfskin and sheepskin, with a combination of vegetable and mineral agents, so that it resembles kid.

Dongola race, a boat race in which the crews are composed of a number of pairs, usually of men and women.

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Etymology of 'Dongola'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dongola" Quotes from Famous Books

... Egyptians to abandon Khartoum and to fall back to Wady Halfa. At the end of the year Baring forwarded to us a memorandum from the Egyptian Government. They pointed out that the Khedive was forbidden by Turkey to cede territory; that we were asking them to abandon enormous provinces, with Berber and Dongola, and great tribes who had remained loyal. They thought that if they fell back Egypt would have to continually resist the attacks of great numbers of fanatics, and that the Bedouin themselves would rise. ...

— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn

... sleep but by the effect of laudanum. This misfortune at this crisis was peculiarly vexatious and mortifying for me, as it put it out of my power to accompany the Pasha, who departed with the army for Dongola on the 26th, taking his route on the west bank of the river, and leaving the Divan Effendi and a small party of soldiers to expedite the loading and forwarding the boats that had not as yet got ready to proceed ...

— A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar • George Bethune English

... said the dragoman, waving his donkey-whip towards the east, "is the military line which conducts Wady Haifa to Sarras. Sarras lies to the south, under that black hill. Those two blue mountains which you see very far away are in Dongola, more than a hundred miles from Sarras. The railway there is forty miles long, and has been much annoyed by the Dervishes, who are very glad to turn the rails into spears. The telegraph wires are also much appreciated thereby. ...

— A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" • A. Conan Doyle