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Emblem of Sudan
Sudan on a globe.
English
Etymology
From Arabic سُودَان ( sūdān , “ black people ” ) , plural of أَسْوَد ( ʔaswad ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation
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]
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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, →DOI , 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
From Arabic سُودَان ( sūdān ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
Declension
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Gagauz
Proper noun
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
German
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /zuˈdaːn/
IPA (key ) : /suˈdaːn/ ( learned )
Hyphenation: Su‧dan
Rhymes: -aːn
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 :
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
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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 )
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان ( sūdān ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsu.dan/
Rhymes: -udan
Syllabification: Su‧dan
Proper noun
Sudan m inan (related adjective sudański )
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
Declension
Derived terms
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
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sǔdaːn/
Hyphenation: Su‧dan
Proper noun
Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н )
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
Declension
Swahili
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan
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 ]
Swedish
Proper noun
Sudan n (genitive Sudans )
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
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Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Sudán ( “ Sudan ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔ )
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
Anagrams
Turkish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa )
Declension
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 ]