Sudan
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English
editAlternative forms
edit- (country): Soudan
Etymology
editFrom 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
editSudan 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
editRepublic 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
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
editCentral Nahuatl
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Danish
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
editInflection 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
editcompounds
Anagrams
editGagauz
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
German
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSudan 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
editSee 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
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/[1]
- Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
- Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn
Proper noun
editSudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
editMaltese
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editIs-Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)
Norwegian Bokmål
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
editSee also
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
editSee also
editPolish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSudan m inan (related adjective sudański)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
editDeclension of Sudan
Derived terms
editnouns
Further reading
editSerbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
editSwahili
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms
editSee 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]
Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈdan/ [sʊˈd̪an̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Su‧dan
Proper noun
editSudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Anagrams
editTurkish
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editSudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension
editdeclension 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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- English terms derived from Arabic
- English terms derived from the Arabic root س و د
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɑːn
- Rhymes:English/æn
- Rhymes:English/æn/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sudan
- en:Countries in Africa
- en:Countries
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Cities in Texas, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Texas, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- Catalan terms borrowed from Arabic
- Catalan terms derived from Arabic
- Catalan terms derived from the Arabic root س و د
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Catalan/an
- Rhymes:Catalan/an/2 syllables
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan proper nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Sudan
- ca:Countries in Africa
- ca:Countries
- Central Nahuatl lemmas
- Central Nahuatl proper nouns
- nhn:Sudan
- nhn:Countries in Africa
- nhn:Countries
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Sudan
- da:Countries in Africa
- da:Countries
- Finnish terms derived from Arabic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/udɑn
- Rhymes:Finnish/udɑn/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Sudan
- fi:Countries in Africa
- fi:Countries
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns
- Gagauz lemmas
- Gagauz proper nouns
- gag:Sudan
- gag:Countries in Africa
- gag:Countries
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/aːn
- Rhymes:German/aːn/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Sudan
- de:Countries in Africa
- de:Countries
- German terms with quotations
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/udan
- Rhymes:Italian/udan/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/an
- Rhymes:Italian/an/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Sudan
- it:Countries in Africa
- it:Countries
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- Maltese masculine nouns
- mt:Sudan
- mt:Countries in Africa
- mt:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Sudan
- nb:Countries in Africa
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Sudan
- nn:Countries in Africa
- nn:Countries
- Polish terms borrowed from Arabic
- Polish terms derived from Arabic
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/udan
- Rhymes:Polish/udan/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Sudan
- pl:Countries in Africa
- pl:Countries
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish exonyms
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Sudan
- sh:Countries in Africa
- sh:Countries
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Sudan
- sw:Countries in Africa
- sw:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an
- Rhymes:Tagalog/an/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Sudan
- tl:Countries in Africa
- tl:Countries
- Turkish terms with audio links
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Sudan
- tr:Countries in Africa
- tr:Countries