City where dead motors are stored they say (8)

I believe the answer is:

khartoum

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'city' is the definition.
(Khartoum is an example)

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(Other definitions for khartoum that I've seen before include "where Gordon fell" , "African capital" , "foreign city" , "General Gordon died at the siege of this African city" , "Capital of Sudan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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