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Sudan

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See also: sudan, Sudán, Súdan, Súdán, sūdān, Sūdan, and sud-an
Emblem of Sudan
Sudan on a globe.

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Proper noun

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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.

Usage notes

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  • The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.[2]

Derived terms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Sudan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ 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

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sudan m

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

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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Sudan

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

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Sudan

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

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Sudan

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

Declension

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Inflection of Sudan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of Sudan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sudanini —
accusative nom. Sudanini —
gen. Sudanini
genitive Sudanini —
partitive Sudaniani —
inessive Sudanissani —
elative Sudanistani —
illative Sudaniini —
adessive Sudanillani —
ablative Sudaniltani —
allative Sudanilleni —
essive Sudaninani —
translative Sudanikseni —
abessive Sudanittani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Sudanisi —
accusative nom. Sudanisi —
gen. Sudanisi
genitive Sudanisi —
partitive Sudaniasi —
inessive Sudanissasi —
elative Sudanistasi —
illative Sudaniisi —
adessive Sudanillasi —
ablative Sudaniltasi —
allative Sudanillesi —
essive Sudaninasi —
translative Sudaniksesi —
abessive Sudanittasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sudanimme —
accusative nom. Sudanimme —
gen. Sudanimme
genitive Sudanimme —
partitive Sudaniamme —
inessive Sudanissamme —
elative Sudanistamme —
illative Sudaniimme —
adessive Sudanillamme —
ablative Sudaniltamme —
allative Sudanillemme —
essive Sudaninamme —
translative Sudaniksemme —
abessive Sudanittamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Sudaninne —
accusative nom. Sudaninne —
gen. Sudaninne
genitive Sudaninne —
partitive Sudanianne —
inessive Sudanissanne —
elative Sudanistanne —
illative Sudaniinne —
adessive Sudanillanne —
ablative Sudaniltanne —
allative Sudanillenne —
essive Sudaninanne —
translative Sudaniksenne —
abessive Sudanittanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Sudaninsa —
accusative nom. Sudaninsa —
gen. Sudaninsa
genitive Sudaninsa —
partitive Sudaniaan
Sudaniansa 		—
inessive Sudanissaan
Sudanissansa 		—
elative Sudanistaan
Sudanistansa 		—
illative Sudaniinsa —
adessive Sudanillaan
Sudanillansa 		—
ablative Sudaniltaan
Sudaniltansa 		—
allative Sudanilleen
Sudanillensa 		—
essive Sudaninaan
Sudaninansa 		—
translative Sudanikseen
Sudaniksensa 		—
abessive Sudanittaan
Sudanittansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Gagauz

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Gagauz Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Sudan

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

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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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 [...]
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    • 1855, R. Nievergelt, Leitfaden der Geographie für Sekundarschulen, page 41:
      Die Ureinwohner sind Neger in Hochafrika und den beiden Sudan [...]
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Derived terms

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Sudan m

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

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Maltese

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Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Is-Sudan m

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Sudan

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Sudan

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

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Sudan m inan (related adjective sudański)

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

Declension

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Declension of Sudan
singular
nominative Sudan
genitive Sudanu
dative Sudanowi
accusative Sudan
instrumental Sudanem
locative Sudanie
vocative Sudanie

Derived terms

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(nouns):

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Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)

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

Declension

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Declension of Sudan
singular
nominative Sùdān
genitive Sudána
dative Sudanu
accusative Sudan
vocative Sudane
locative Sudanu
instrumental Sudanom

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Sudan

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

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Sudan n (genitive Sudans)

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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).

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Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

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

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Turkish

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Sudan

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

Declension

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Declension of Sudan
singular
nominative Sudan
accusative Sudan'ı
dative Sudan'a
locative Sudan'da
ablative Sudan'dan
genitive Sudan'ın
Possessive forms of Sudan
singular plural
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

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