/ Dictionary / Index K Khartoum: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Khar•toum Pronunciation: (kär-tm'), [key] — n. a city in and the capital of the Sudan, at the junction of the White and Blue Nile rivers: besieged 1885; retaken by the British 1898. 400,000. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: khartoum (Thesaurus) Kharkov Khartoum North Related Content Daily Word Quiz: cygnet Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language