1. an impoverished region of western Sudan; - Example: "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Darfur
n 1: an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a
semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically
distinct from central Sudan"