Soudan
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Soudan. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Soudan, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Soudan in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Soudan you have here. The definition of the word Soudan will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofSoudan, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: soudan
English
Proper noun
Soudan
- Archaic form of Sudan.: A country in North Africa and East Africa.
- 1885 March, Ernest Belfort Bax, “Gordon and the Soudan”, in The Commonweal, volume 1, number 2, page 9:
- About February last year two figures were circling round the office of the Pall Mall Gazette, the one writing articles, the other being interviewed; they were those of the two ex-Governors of the Soudan, Sir Samuel Baker and General Gordon, then just returned from Brussels.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”, plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Soudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Soudan m
- (Jersey) Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)