Sudan
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
(country): Soudan
=== Etymology ===
Derived from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /suːˈdɑːn/, /suːˈdæn/
(Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /sʉwˈdɑːn/, /sʉwˈdan/
(US) IPA(key): /suˈdæn/, /suˈdɑn/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sʉːˈdæn/, (rare) /sʉːˈdɐːn/
(Scotland) IPA(key): /sʉˈdan/
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.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Translations ====
=== See also ===
Countries of the world
Darfur
Kush
Nubia
South Sudan
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
Duans, Sunda, duans, unsad
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [suˈðan]
Rhymes: -an
=== 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 ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Derived terms ====
sudaner
sudansk
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈsudɑn/, [ˈs̠udɑ̝n]
Rhymes: -udɑn
Syllabification(key): Su‧dan
Hyphenation(key): Su‧dan
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Anagrams ===
sadun, sunda
== Gagauz ==
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
== German ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Ssudan (archaic)
=== 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)
==== Derived terms ====
=== See also ===
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Derived from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”)
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsudan/ [ˈsu.dan]
Rhymes: -udan
Syllabification: Su‧dan
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Sudan
(geography) 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).
=== Noun ===
Sudan (plural Sudan-Sudan)
Sudanese
=== Adjective ===
Sudan (comparative lebih Sudan, superlative paling Sudan)
Sudanese
Sudanian
=== See also ===
=== Further reading ===
“Sudan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/
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 ====
sudanese
=== References ===
=== Anagrams ===
snuda
== Maltese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /suˈdaːn/
Rhymes: -aːn
=== Proper noun ===
Is-Sudan m
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)
=== See also ===
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Related terms ====
sudaner
sudansk
=== See also ===
Sør-Sudan
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Related terms ====
sudanar
sudansk
=== See also ===
Sør-Sudan
== 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 ===
=== Further reading ===
“Sudan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
Sudan in PWN's encyclopedia
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sǔdaːn/
Hyphenation: Su‧dan
=== Proper noun ===
Sùdān m inan (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Declension ====
== Slovene ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sudàːn/
=== Proper noun ===
Sudán m inan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
Sudánec / Sudánka
sudánski
=== References ===
“Sudan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
“Sudan”, in Termania, Amebis
See also the general references
== Swahili ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Sudani
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Related terms ====
Msudani
=== See also ===
== Swedish ==
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan n (genitive Sudans)
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Related terms ====
sudanes
sudanesisk
sudanesiska
==== See also ====
Sydsudan
=== Further reading ===
“Sudan”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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 ===
Undas, undas
== Turkish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Sudan
Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
==== Declension ====
=== See also ===