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Sudan

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See also: sudan, Sudán, Súdan, Súdán, sūdān, Sūdan, and sud-an

English

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Emblem of Sudan
Sudan on a globe.
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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
      • 2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN‎[4]:
        But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deeply embedded elsewhere in Sudan and attempting to form a parallel government, analysts warn there is little likelihood of a swift resolution to the war.
  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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countries in Africa (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “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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Etymology

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From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

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
  • Syllabification(key): Su‧dan
  • 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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compounds

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 [...]
      (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

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Derived from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”)

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Sudan

  1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
  2. Sudan
    1. (geography) a climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
    2. (historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).

Noun

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Sudan (plural Sudan-Sudan)

  1. Sudanese

Adjective

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Sudan (comparative lebih Sudan, superlative paling Sudan)

  1. Sudanese
  2. Sudanian

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countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

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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)

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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)

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countries in Africa: pajjiżi tal-Afrika (appendix)edit

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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The flag of Sudan.
Sudan in Africa.
The pyramids of Meroë in Sudan.

Etymology 1

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Internationalism, based ultimately on Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), a plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, “black”), through the historical expression بِلَاد السُّودَان (“land of the Black people”). The expression was used by medieval Arabic geographers for the region south of the Sahara, and the modern country takes its name from this older regional designation.

Parallel international forms include Norwegian Nynorsk Sudan, Danish Sudan, Swedish Sudan, German Sudan and English Sudan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /¹sʉˈdɑːn/, [sʉˈdɑ̀ːn]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: Su‧dan

Proper noun

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Sudan

  1. Sudan; a country in Africa, in northeastern Africa, with Khartoum as its capital.
    Nilen renner gjennom Sudan fra sør til nord. ― The Nile flows through Sudan from south to north.
    • 2025 December 10, Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen, “Sudan”, in Lille norske leksikon‎[5]:
      Sudan er et land som ligger nordøst i Afrika.
      Sudan is a country located in northeastern Africa.
    1. (historical) Turco-Egyptian Sudan; Sudan under Egyptian rule within the Ottoman Empire, from 1820 to 1885, a period traditionally known in Sudan as the Turkiya (“Turkish rule”).
      Under Turkiya ble store deler av Sudan styrt fra Egypt. ― During the Turkiya, large parts of Sudan were ruled from Egypt.
      • 2025 April 1, Merethe Skårås, Dag Leraand, Henriette Hafsaas and Alexandros Tsakos, “Sør-Sudans historie”, in Store norske leksikon‎[6]:
        Nord-Sudan ble fra 1820 erobret av det osmanske Egypt.
        Northern Sudan was conquered by Ottoman Egypt from 1820.
    2. (historical) Mahdist Sudan; the independent Islamic Mahdist State established by the followers of the Mahdi, from 1885 to 1898.
      Sudan var under mahdistenes kontroll fram til nederlaget ved Omdurman i 1898. ― Sudan was under Mahdist control until the defeat at Omdurman in 1898.
      • 2025 February 22, Tore Linné Eriksen and Alexandros Tsakos, “Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Mahdi”, in Store norske leksikon‎[7]:
        Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Mahdi var skaperen av en uavhengig muslimsk stat som inkluderte store deler av dagens Sudan.
        Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Mahdi was the creator of an independent Muslim state that included large parts of present-day Sudan.
    3. (historical) Anglo-Egyptian Sudan; Sudan as a condominium jointly administered by the United Kingdom and Egypt, from 1899 to 1956.
      Fra 1899 ble Sudan styrt som et britisk-egyptisk kondominat. ― From 1899, Sudan was governed as a British-Egyptian condominium.
      • (Can we date this quote?), “kondominat”, in Bokmålsordboka‎[8]:
        Sudan var et britisk-egyptisk kondominat.
        Sudan was a British-Egyptian condominium.
    4. Republic of the Sudan; the independent republic from 1 January 1956 onward, including the territory that became South Sudan until 2011.
      Sudan ble selvstendig i 1956, mens Sør-Sudan ble en egen stat i 2011. ― Sudan became independent in 1956, while South Sudan became a separate state in 2011.
      • 2024 November 26, Lars Roede, “Sudans flagg og våpen”, in Store norske leksikon‎[9]:
        Da Sudan ble selvstendig i 1956, fikk det et flagg med fargene blått, gult og grønt.
        When Sudan became independent in 1956, it received a flag with the colors blue, yellow and green.
  2. (geography) Sudan; a region of Africa, a broad historical and geographical region south of the Sahara, traditionally extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east.
    I eldre geografisk litteratur kunne Sudan betegne et langt større område enn dagens stat. ― In older geographical literature, Sudan could denote a much larger region than the present-day country.
    • 2020 December 6, Dag Leraand and Alexandros Tsakos, “Sudans historie”, in Store norske leksikon‎[10]:
      Sudan kan også bli brukt om hele området sør for Saharaørkenen mellom Atlanterhavet i vest og Rødehavet i øst.
      Sudan can also be used for the whole area south of the Sahara Desert between the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Red Sea in the east.
Usage notes
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  • The official Norwegian Bokmål long-form name is Republikken Sudan (“the Republic of Sudan”).[1]
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countries in Africa: land i Afrika (appendix)edit

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Sudan (“Sudan, Texas”). The English place name was suggested in 1918 by P. E. Boesen, the local land-company manager and first postmaster.[2] The reason for his choice of name is uncertain.[3]

A grain elevator in Sudan, Texas.

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Sudan

  1. Sudan; a minor city in Lamb County, Texas, United States.
    Han vokste opp i Sudan i Texas. ― He grew up in Sudan, Texas.
    • 2026 February 17, “Sudan (Texas)”, in Wikipedia‎[11]:
      Sudan er en amerikansk by som ligger i Lamb County i Texas.
      Sudan is an American city located in Lamb County, Texas.

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References

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  1. ^ “Navn på stater”, in Språkrådet‎[1], 11 August 2026 (last accessed)
  2. ^ William R. Hunt (11 August 2026 (last accessed)), “Sudan, TX”, in Handbook of Texas Online‎[2], Texas State Historical Association
  3. ^ “Sudan, Texas”, in Texas Escapes‎[3], 11 August 2026 (last accessed)

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References

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  • “Sudan” in Store norske leksikon.
  • “Sudan” in Lille norske leksikon.
  • “Sudan” in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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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).

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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

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    countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

    Further reading

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    • “Sudan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[12] (in Polish)
    • Sudan in PWN's encyclopedia

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Pronunciation

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

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    Sùdān m inan (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

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    Sudán m inan

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

    Declension

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    Unknown tone or non-tonal
    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Masculine inan., hard o-stem
    nominative Sudán
    genitive Sudána
    singular
    nominative
    (imenovȃlnik)     		Sudán
    genitive
    (rodȋlnik)     		Sudána
    dative
    (dajȃlnik)     		Sudánu
    accusative
    (tožȋlnik)     		Sudán
    locative
    (mẹ̑stnik)     		Sudánu
    instrumental
    (orọ̑dnik)     		Sudánom
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    References

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    • “Sudan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
    • “Sudan”, in Termania, Amebis
    • See also the general references

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    Sudan

    1. Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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    countries in Africa: nchi za Afrika (appendix)edit

    Swedish

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    Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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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
      definite 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
      senin (your) Sudan'ın Sudanların
      onun (his/her/its) Sudan'ı Sudanları
      bizim (our) Sudan'ımız Sudanlarımız
      sizin (your) Sudan'ınız Sudanlarınız
      onların (their) Sudan'ı
      Sudanları       		Sudanları

      See also

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      countries in Africa: Afrika ülkeleri (appendix)edit
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