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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (country): Soudan
Etymology
[edit]From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /suːˈdɑːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /suˈdæn/, /suˈdɑn/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sʉːˈdæn/, (rare) /sʉːˈdɐːn/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]- The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.[2]
Derived terms
[edit]- Port Sudan
- Republic of South Sudan
- Southern Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sudan brown
- Sudanese (relating to the country)
- Sudanian (relating to the climatic region)
Translations
[edit]Republic of Sudan
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See also
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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, , pages 1–16
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Central Nahuatl
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Sudan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Anagrams
[edit]Gagauz
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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:
- Die Ureinwohner sind Neger in Hochafrika und den beiden Sudan [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/[1]
- Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
- Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn
Proper noun
[edit]Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
[edit]Maltese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Is-Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan m inan (related adjective sudański)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sudan
Derived terms
[edit]nouns
See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sudan
Swahili
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sudan n (genitive Sudans)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Sudan in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
- Svensk MeSH
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈdan/ [sʊˈd̪an̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Su‧dan
Proper noun
[edit]Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Anagrams
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
[edit]declension of Sudan
possessive of Sudan
singular | plural | |
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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 |
See also
[edit]- (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]
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- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- nb:Sudan
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- Polish terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
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