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{{also|sudan|Sudán|Súdan|Súdán|sūdān|Sūdan|sud-an}}
[[File:Emblem of Sudan.svg|thumb|Emblem of Sudan]]
[[File:Sudan w2 locator.svg|thumb|Sudan on a globe.]]
==English==
{{wp}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{s|country}} {{alt|en|Soudan}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|en|ar|سُودَان||black people}}, plural of {{m|ar|أَسْوَد}}.<ref>{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary|entry=Sudan|accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref>
{{root|en|ar|س و د}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/suːˈdɑːn/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/suˈdæn/|/suˈdɑn/|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/sʉːˈdæn/|/sʉːˈdɐːn/|q2=rare|a=AU,NZ}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-Sudan.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhyme|en|ɑːn|æn|s2=2}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper noun|~|s|head=Sudan|head2=the Sudan}}

# {{senseid|en|Q1049}}{{place|en|country|r/North Africa,East Africa}}.
#: ''Often used with the definite article "the".''
## Turkish Sudan; autonym {{m|en|Turkiyyah}}; Sudan under the {{m|en|eyalet|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]]
# {{lb|en|historical}} [[Mali]] {{q|when it was under French colonial rule as ''[[Soudan]]''}}.
# {{place|en|minor city|co/Lamb County|s/Texas|c/USA}}, apparently named after the African region.

====Usage notes====
* The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article {{m|en|the}}, though this construction has declined in use.<ref>{{cite-journal|last=Motschenbacher|first=Heiko|year=2020|title=''Greece'', ''the Netherlands'' and ''(the) Ukraine'': A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names|journal=A Journal of Onomastics|volume=68|issue=1|pages=1–16|doi=10.1080/00277738.2020.1731241}}</ref>

====Derived terms====
{{der4|en
|Port Sudan
|South Sudan
|Southern Sudan|Republic of South Sudan|Sudan brown
|[[Sudanese]] {{q|relating to the country}}
|[[Sudanian]] {{q|relating to the climatic region}}
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|id=Q1049|Republic of Sudan}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Soedan}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Sudan|m}}, {{t+|sq|Sudani|m}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ሱዳን}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|السُّودَان|m}} {{q|definite}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|Սուդան}}
* Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܣܘܼܕܵܢ|f}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Sudan}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Суда́н|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|সুদান}}
* Breton: {{t|br|Soudan}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Суда́н|m}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဆူဒန်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Sudan|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|蘇丹}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|蘇丹|tr=Sūdān}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Súdán|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|Sudan|n}}
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|ސޫދާން}}
* Dinka: {{t|din|Thudän}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Sudan|n}}, {{t+|nl|Soedan|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Sudano}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|Sudaan}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Sudan}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Soudan|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|სუდანი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sudan|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Σουδάν|n}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|સુદાન}}
* Hausa: {{t|ha|Sudan}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|סוּדָן|f|tr=sudán}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सूडान|m}}, {{t+|hi|सुदान|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Szudán}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|Súdan|n}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|Sudan}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|Sudan}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Súdáin|f|alt=An tSúdáin}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Sudan|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|スーダン|tr=Sūdan}}
* Kalenjin: {{t|kln|Sudan}}
* Kamba: {{t|kam|Sudan}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|Судан}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ស៊ូដង់}}
* Kikuyu: {{t|ki|Sudan}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^수단}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|Судан}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຊູດານ}}, {{t|lo|ສູດັງ}}, {{t|lo|ຊູດັງ}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|Sudāna|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|Sudanas|m}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|Sudan}}
* Luo: {{t|luo|Sudan}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|Судан|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|Sudan}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|Sudan|m|alt=Is-Sudan}} {{q|definite}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Hūtāne}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|सुदान|m}}
* Meru: {{t|mer|Sudan}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|Судан}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Soodą́ą}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|Soudan|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|Sudan|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t+|nn|Sudan|n}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|سودان|tr=sudan}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|سوډان|tr=sūḍān}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t|prs|سُودَان}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t|fa-ira|سودان}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Sudan|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Sudão|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|Sudan|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|Суда́н|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Су̀да̄н|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Sùdān|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|සූඩානය}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|Sudán|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|Sudan|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Sudán|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|Sudan}}, {{t+|sw|Sudani}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Sudan|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Sudan}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|Судон}}
* Tamil: {{t|ta|சூடான்}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|Судан}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ซูดาน}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሱዳን}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Sudan}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Sudan}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|Суда́н|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سُوڈان|m}}, {{t|ur|سُودان|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|سۇدان}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|Sudan}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|Xu-đăng}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|Swdan}}, {{t|cy|Siwdan}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|סודאַן}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|Sudani}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* [[Appendix:Countries of the world|Countries of the world]]
* {{l|en|Darfur}}
* {{l|en|Kush}}
* {{l|en|Nubia}}
* {{l|en|South Sudan}}
* {{list:countries of Africa/en}}

===References===
<references/>

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=adnsu|Duans|Sunda|duans|unsad}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|ar|سُودَان|lit=black men}}, plural of {{m|ar|أَسْوَد}}. {{root|ca|ar|س و د}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Sudan.wav|a=Valencian}}
* {{rhymes|ca|an|s=2}}

===Proper noun===
{{ca-proper noun|m}}

# {{tcl|ca|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|ca|Sudan del Sud|sudanès|sudànic}}

==Central Nahuatl==

===Proper noun===
{{head|nhn|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|nhn|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

==Danish==
{{wikipedia|lang=da}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|da|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|da|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|da|sudaner}}
* {{l|da|sudansk}}

==Finnish==
{{wikipedia|lang=fi}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|fi|ar|سُودَان}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p}}

===Proper noun===
{{fi-proper noun}}

# {{tcl|fi|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-risti|n=sg|Sudan|||a|i=0}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|fi
|sudanilainen
}}

{{col-auto|fi|title=compounds
|Etelä-Sudan
}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|fi|a=adnsu|sadun|sunda}}

==Gagauz==
{{wp|lang=gag}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|gag|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|gag|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

==German==
{{wikipedia|lang=de}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|de|Ssudan||archaic}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/zuˈdaːn/}}
* {{IPA|de|/suˈdaːn/}} {{q|learned}}
* {{audio|de|De-Sudan.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|de|Su|dan}}
* {{rhymes|de|aːn|s=2}}

===Proper noun===
{{de-proper noun|m,(s),-}}

# {{tcl|de|Sudan|id=Q1049}}
#* {{quote-text|de|year=1839|author=Fr. von Rougemont; Ch. H. Hugendubel|title=Geographie des Menschen, ethnographisch, statistisch und historisch. Erster Band|page=28
|passage=Hoch- und Nieder-Sudan [..<nowiki/>..] 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 [...]}}
#* {{quote-text|de|year=1855|author=R. Nievergelt|title=Leitfaden der Geographie für Sekundarschulen|page=41
|passage=Die Ureinwohner sind Neger in Hochafrika und den beiden '''Sudan''' [...]}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4
|de|Hochsudan
|Nordsudan
|Sudaner
|sudanesisch
|Sudanese
|sudanisch
|Südsudan
}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/de}}

==Italian==
{{wikipedia|lang=it}}

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|Sùdan,#Sudàn<r:DiPI>}}

===Proper noun===
{{it-proper noun|m}}

# {{tcl|it|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|it|sudanese}}

===References===
<references />

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=adnsu|snuda}}

==Maltese==
{{wikipedia|lang=mt}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|mt|/suˈdaːn/}}

===Proper noun===
{{mt-proper noun|g=m|head=Is-Sudan}}

# {{tcl|mt|Sudan|id=Q1049|place_official=mt:Repubblika tas-Sudan}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==
{{wikipedia|lang=no}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|nb|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|nb|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nb|sudaner}}
* {{l|nb|sudansk}}

===See also===
* {{l|nb|Sør-Sudan}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==
{{wikipedia|lang=nn}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|nn|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|nn|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nn|sudanar}}
* {{l|nn|sudansk}}

===See also===
* {{l|nn|Sør-Sudan}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|pl|ar|سُودَان}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-Sudan.ogg}}

===Proper noun===
{{pl-prop|m-in|adj=sudański}}

# {{place|pl|country|r/North Africa,East Africa|t=Sudan}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-m-in|tantum=s}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|pl|title=nouns|Sudanka|Sudańczyk}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/pl}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:PWN Encyclopedia}}

{{cln|pl|exonyms}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/sǔdaːn/}}
* {{hyphenation|sh|Su|dan}}

===Proper noun===
{{sh-proper noun|g=m|head=Sùdān}}

# {{tcl|sh|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun-unc
|Sùdān
|Sudána
|Sudanu
|Sudan
|Sudane
|Sudanu
|Sudanom
}}

==Swahili==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sw|Sudani}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-Sudan.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Proper noun===
{{head|sw|proper noun}}

# {{tcl|sw|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sw|Msudani}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/sw}}

==Swedish==
{{wikipedia|lang=sv}}

===Proper noun===
{{sv-proper noun|n}}

# {{tcl|sv|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sv|sudanes}}
* {{l|sv|sudanesisk}}
* {{l|sv|sudanesiska}}

====See also====
* {{l|sv|Sydsudan}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:svenska.se}}
* {{R:Utrikes namnbok|12}}
* [https://mesh.kib.ki.se/term/D013397/sudan Svensk MeSH]

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|Sudán|t=Sudan}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr|Sudán}}

===Proper noun===
{{tl-proper noun|Sudán|b=+}}

# {{tcl|tl|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|tl|a=adnsu|Undas|undas}}

==Turkish==
{{wp|lang=tr}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|tr|LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-Sudan.wav}}

===Proper noun===
{{tr-proper noun}}

# {{tcl|tr|Sudan|id=Q1049}}

====Declension====
{{tr-decl-noun-unc
|{{PAGENAME}}
|{{PAGENAME}}'ı
|{{PAGENAME}}'a
|{{PAGENAME}}'da
|{{PAGENAME}}'dan
|{{PAGENAME}}'ın
}}
{{tr-poss-prop-c-aı}}

===See also===
* {{list:countries of Africa/tr}}