Sudan
Appearance
English
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): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn
Proper noun
Sudan or the Sudan (countable and uncountable, plural Sudans)
- A country in North Africa and East Africa.
- Often used with the definite article "the".
- Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
- Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955
- Republic of the Sudan, since 1955
- A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
- (historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
- A minor city in Lamb County, Texas, United States, apparently named after the African region.
Usage notes
- The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.[2]
Derived terms
- Port Sudan
- Republic of South Sudan
- Southern Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sudan brown
- Sudanese (relating to the country)
- Sudanian (relating to the climatic region)
Translations
Republic of Sudan
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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
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Sudan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020) “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, number 1, , pages 1–16
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Danish
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
Inflection of Sudan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sudan | — | |
genitive | Sudanin | — | |
partitive | Sudania | — | |
illative | Sudaniin | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sudan | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sudan | — |
gen. | Sudanin | ||
genitive | Sudanin | — | |
partitive | Sudania | — | |
inessive | Sudanissa | — | |
elative | Sudanista | — | |
illative | Sudaniin | — | |
adessive | Sudanilla | — | |
ablative | Sudanilta | — | |
allative | Sudanille | — | |
essive | Sudanina | — | |
translative | Sudaniksi | — | |
abessive | Sudanitta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
compounds
Anagrams
Gagauz
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sudans or Sudan, plural Sudan)
- 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)
Derived terms
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)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/[1]
- Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
- Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn
Proper noun
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Maltese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Is-Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
See also
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan m inan (related adjective sudański)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Sudan
Derived terms
nouns
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
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
Declension of Sudan
Swahili
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
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]
Swedish
Proper noun
Sudan n (genitive Sudans)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- Sudan in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈdan/ [sʊˈd̪an̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Su‧dan
Proper noun
Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Anagrams
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
declension of Sudan
possessive of Sudan
singular | plural | |
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benim (my) | Sudan'ım | Sudanlarım / Sudan'larım |
senin (your) | Sudan'ın | Sudanların / Sudan'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Sudan'ı | Sudanları / Sudan'ları |
bizim (our) | Sudan'ımız | Sudanlarımız / Sudan'larımız |
sizin (your) | Sudan'ınız | Sudanlarınız / Sudan'larınız |
onların (their) | Sudan'ı / Sudanları / Sudan'ları | Sudanları / Sudan'ları |
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]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root س و د
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːn
- Rhymes:English/æn
- Rhymes:English/æn/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sudan
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Cities in Texas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- Catalan terms borrowed from Arabic
- Catalan terms derived from Arabic
- Catalan terms derived from the Arabic root س و د
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Catalan/an
- Rhymes:Catalan/an/2 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Sudan
- ca:Countries in Africa
- ca:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Sudan
- nhn:Countries in Africa
- nhn:Countries
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Sudan
- da:Countries in Africa
- da:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/udɑn
- Rhymes:Finnish/udɑn/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Sudan
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Gagauz lemmas
- Gagauz proper nouns
- gag:Sudan
- gag:Countries in Africa
- gag:Countries
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aːn
- Rhymes:German/aːn/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Sudan
- de:Countries in Africa
- de:Countries
- German terms with quotations
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/udan
- Rhymes:Italian/udan/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/an
- Rhymes:Italian/an/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Sudan
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- mt:Sudan
- mt:Countries in Africa
- mt:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Sudan
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Sudan
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Polish terms derived from Arabic
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/udan
- Rhymes:Polish/udan/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Sudan
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish exonyms
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Sudan
- sh:Countries in Africa
- sh:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Sudan
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Sudan
- sv:Countries in Africa
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Sudan
- tl:Countries in Africa
- tl:Countries
- Turkish terms with audio pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Sudan
- tr:Countries in Africa
- tr:Countries