riverain

The wind is coursing through the riverain* town and the tall buildings cast shadows over the tiered and narrow streets, canceling out any warmth that the sun could have offered.

French Word-A-Day: 2006

The wind is coursing through the riverain* town and the tall buildings cast shadows over the tiered and narrow streets, canceling out any warmth that the sun could have offered.

French Word-A-Day: 2006

The wind is coursing through the riverain* town and the tall buildings cast shadows over the tiered and narrow streets, canceling out any warmth that the sun could have offered.

la poule - French Word-A-Day 2006

Sufi cultists, Egyptian deserters, riverain farmers, and desert nomads all received the patched white jibba.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

He displaced the unreliable riverain tribes north to Dongola, as the first line of defense against invasion from Egypt.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

The more Abdullahi favored his fellow Baggara, the more he alienated the Ashraf and the riverain tribes.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

In the north, the riverain tribes of Berber and Dongola stirred to join the revolt.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

Yet the underlying religious and tribal divisions of Sudan endured: northern Arab Muslims against southern Christians or animist Africans; settled riverain tribes against desert nomads.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

Abdullahi kept the khalifa Mohammed al-Sharif in prison, in case he was needed for future military mobilization of the riverain tribes.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007

That summer, many of the riverain Jaalayin turned against the khalifa.

Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007