Sudan

Emblem of Sudan
Sudan on a globe.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /suːˈdɑːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /suˈdæn/, /suˈdɑn/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sʉːˈdæn/, (rare) /sʉːˈdɐːn/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn

Proper noun

Sudan or the Sudan (countable and uncountable, plural Sudans)

  1. 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
  2. A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
  3. (historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
  4. 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]

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References

  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “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

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sudan m

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

Derived terms

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Sudan

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

Danish

Proper noun

Sudan

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

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sudan

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

Declension

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

compounds

Anagrams

Gagauz

Proper noun

Sudan

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

German

Alternative forms

  • Ssudan (archaic)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zuˈdaːn/
  • IPA(key): /suˈdaːn/ (learned)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Su‧dan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sudan m

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

Derived terms

References

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

Anagrams

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈdaːn/

Proper noun

Is-Sudan m

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sudan

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

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Sudan

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

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -udan
  • Syllabification: Su‧dan

Proper noun

Sudan m

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

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Sudanka
  • Sudańczyk

Further reading

  • Sudan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)

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

Declension

Swahili

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sudan

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

See also

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈdan/ [sʊˈdan]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: Su‧dan

Proper noun

Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sudan

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

Declension

See also

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