Sudan
English
Alternative forms
- (country): Soudan
Pronunciation
- (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
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
The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.[2]
Derived terms
- Port Sudan
- Republic of South Sudan
- Southern Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sudan brown
- Sudanese (relating to the country)
- Sudanian (relating to the climatic region)
Translations
Republic of Sudan
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See also
- 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
- 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
Catalan
Derived terms
- Sudan del Sud
- sudanès
- sudànic
Central Nahuatl
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsudɑn/, [ˈs̠udɑ̝n]
- Rhymes: -udɑn
- Syllabification(key): Su‧dan
Declension
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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Gagauz
German
Alternative forms
- Ssudan (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuˈdaːn/
- IPA(key): /suˈdaːn/ (learned)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Su‧dan
- Rhymes: -aːn
Proper noun
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
- Hochsudan
- Nordsudan
- Sudaner
- Sudanese
- sudanesisch
- sudanisch
- Südsudan
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/[1]
- Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
- Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn
Derived terms
References
- Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈdaːn/
Proper noun
Is-Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
- Synonym: Repubblika tas-Sudan
Norwegian Bokmål
See also
Norwegian Nynorsk
See also
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -udan
- Syllabification: Su‧dan
Declension
Further reading
- Sudan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǔdaːn/
- Hyphenation: Su‧dan
Swahili
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Related terms
See also
- (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
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈdan/ [sʊˈdan]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Su‧dan
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Declension
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
- (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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