Khartoum

English

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic خُرْطُوم (ḵurṭūm, “elephant trunk”), but more likely from Arabic قُرْطُم (qurṭum, “safflower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑː(ɹ)ˈtuːm/

Proper noun

Khartoum

1. Capital of Sudan.

Translations

capital of Sudan

• Amharic: ካርቱም (kartum)
• Arabic: الْخُرْطُوم (ar) f (al-ḵurṭūm)
• Bulgarian: Харту́м m (Hartúm)
• Catalan: Khartum m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喀土穆 (zh) (Kātǔmù)

• Czech: Chartúm (cs) m
• Danish: Khartoum
• Dutch: Khartoem (nl)
• Esperanto: Ĥartumo
• Estonian: Hartum
• Finnish: Khartum (fi)
• French: Khartoum (fr) m
• Galician: Khartún (gl) m
• German: Khartum (de) n
• Greek: Χαρτούμ (el) (Chartoúm)
• Hebrew: חַ'רְטוּם (h'artum), חֻ'רטוּם (h'urtum)
• Hungarian: Kartúm (hu)
• Icelandic: Kartúm
• Ido: Khartoum
• Indonesian: Khartoum
• Irish: Cartúm m
• Italian: Khartum
• Japanese: ハルツーム (Harutsūmu)
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• Korean: 하르툼 (Hareutum)
• Lithuanian: Chartumas
• Maltese: Kartum m
• Navajo: Kʼaatʼóóm
• Norwegian: Khartoum
• Ossetian: Хартум (Xartum)
• Persian: خارطوم (xârtum), خرطوم (fa) (xartum, xurtum)
• Polish: Chartum (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cartum (pt) f
• Romanian: Khartoum (ro)
• Russian: Харту́м m (Xartúm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Картум m

  Roman: Kartum m

• Slovak: Chartúm m
• Spanish: Jartum (es) m
• Swahili: Khartoum
• Swedish: Khartoum (sv)
• Tamil: கார்த்தூம் (kārttūm)
• Tibetan: ཁར་ཏུམ (khar tum)
• Turkish: Hartum
• Urdu: خرطوم (xartūm)
• Uyghur: خارتۇم (xartum)
• Welsh: Khartoum

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Khartoum f

1. Alternative spelling of Cartum