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turbellarian (iou) and Darfur (sh)


turbellarian (iou)



turbellarian adjective & noun. L19.
[mod. Latin Turbellaria (see below), from Latin turbella bustle, stir, dim. of turba crowd: see -ARY1, -AN.]
Zoology.
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to the class Turbellaria of mainly free-living flatworms of fresh or salt water or damp earth, having a ciliated body surface. L19.
b. noun. A worm of this class. L19.

Darfur (sh)




Historical region and former province, western Sudan.

It was an independent kingdom from งใ 2500 BC. Its first traditional rulers, the Daju, probably traded with ancient Egypt; they were succeeded by the Tunjur. Darfur's Christian period (งใ 900-1200) was ended by the advance of Islam with the empire of Kanem-Bornu. In the 1870s Darfur came under Egyptian rule, and in 1916 it became a province of Sudan.