Sudan

Alternative forms

• (country): Soudan

Etymology

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /suːˈdɑːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /suˈdæn/, /suˈdɑn/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /sʉːˈdæn/, (rare) /sʉːˈdɐːn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn

Proper noun

Sudan or the Sudan (countable and uncountable, plural Sudans)

2. A country in North Africa and East Africa.

   Often used with the definite article "the".

   1. Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
   2. Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898
   3. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955
   4. Republic of the Sudan, since 1955
3. A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
4. (historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
5. A minor city in Lamb County, Texas, United States, apparently named after the African region.

See also

• Countries of the world
• Darfur
• Kush
• Nubia
• South Sudan
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

References

Anagrams

• Duans, Sunda, duans, unsad

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [suˈðan]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an

Proper noun

Sudan m

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Etymology

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsudɑn/, [ˈs̠udɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -udɑn
• Hyphenation^(key): Su‧dan

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Anagrams

• sadun, sunda

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Alternative forms

• Ssudan (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zuˈdaːn/
• IPA^(key): /suˈdaːn/ (learned)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Su‧dan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Sudan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sudans or Sudan, plural Sudan)

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
   • 1839, Fr. von Rougemont, Ch. H. Hugendubel, Geographie des Menschen, ethnographisch, statistisch und historisch. Erster Band, page 28:

     Hoch- und Nieder-Sudan [....] Die Araber haben mit ihrer Religion ihre obwohl sehr unvollkommene Gesittung verbreitet; durch sie wurden nicht bloß in Aegypten und auf dem Atlas, sondern auch in den beiden Sudan Schulen gegründet [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1855, R. Nievergelt, Leitfaden der Geographie für Sekundarschulen, page 41:

     Die Ureinwohner sind Neger in Hochafrika und den beiden Sudan [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• (countries of Africa) Staaten Afrikas; Ägypten, Algerien, Angola, Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Dschibuti, Elfenbeinküste, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gabun, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kamerun, Kap Verde, Kenia, Komoren, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Republik Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyen, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Marokko, Mauretanien, Mauritius, Mosambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Ruanda, Sambia, São Tomé und Príncipe, Senegal, Seychellen, Sierra Leone, Simbabwe, Somalia, Südafrika, Sudan, Südsudan, Tansania, Togo, Tschad, Tunesien, Uganda, Zentralafrikanische Republik ^{(Category: de:Countries in Africa)}

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/^[1]
• Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
• Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn

Proper noun

Sudan m

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

References

Anagrams

• snuda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈdaːn/

Proper noun

Is-Sudan m

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

See also

• Sør-Sudan

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

See also

• Sør-Sudan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.dan/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -udan
• Syllabification: Su‧dan

Proper noun

Sudan m inan (related adjective sudański)

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) państwa Afryki; Algieria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Czad, Demokratyczna Republika Konga, Dżibuti, Egipt, Erytrea, Eswatini, Etiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gwinea, Gwinea Bissau, Gwinea Równikowa, Kamerun, Kenia, Komory, Kongo, Lesotho, Liberia, Libia, Madagaskar, Malawi, Mali, Maroko, Mauretania, Mauritius, Mozambik, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Południowa Afryka, Republika Środkowoafrykańska, Republika Zielonego Przylądka, Rwanda, Sahara Zachodnia, Senegal, Seszele, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Sudan Południowy, Tanzania, Togo, Tunezja, Uganda, Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej, Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: pl:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Sudan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Sudan in PWN's encyclopedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǔdaːn/
• Hyphenation: Su‧dan

Proper noun

Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Alternative forms

• Sudani

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Proper noun

Sudan n (genitive Sudans)

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Further reading

• Sudan in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
• Svensk MeSH

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈdan/ [sʊˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Su‧dan

Proper noun

Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

Anagrams

• Undas, undas

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Sudan

1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}