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词汇 khor
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Definition of khor in English:

khor

noun kɔː
  • (in Sudan and neighbouring regions) a dry watercourse or ravine.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So remote are some of these khors that people still have their water delivered by boat and speak a dialect almost unrecognisable to Arabic speakers from Muscat.
    • The vegetation is restricted mostly to the bed of the khor and is reduced during the drought.
    • I saw straight in front of me a khor with rocks on either side filled with a dense mass of Dervishes packed around three flags, yelling defiance at us.
    • It is composed of a network of khors, streams and rivers between the Bahr al-Arab, or Kiir, and the Raqaba al-Zarqa, or Ngol.
    • There is a large khor between Gubbet Selim and Nilwaj on the side of which exist the ruins of an old temple.
    Synonyms
    ravine, canyon, gully, pass, defile, couloir, deep narrow valley

Origin

Late 19th century: representing a pronunciation of Arabic ḵawr 'low land between two stretches of higher ground'.

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