World capital whose name means "elephant trunk" in Arabic (8)

I believe the answer is:

khartoum

(Other definitions for khartoum that I've seen before include "'Gordon woz 'ere'" , "General Gordon died at the siege of this African city" , "City at the confluence of the Blue and White Nile" , "Capital of Sudan" , "African capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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