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Sudan definition

Su·dan (so̵̅o̅ dan′, -dän′)

  1. vast semiarid region in NC Africa, south of the Sahara, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea
  2. country in the E part of this region, south of Egypt: formerly a British & Egyptian condominium called Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, it became an independent republic in 1956: 967,500 sq mi (2,505,815 sq km); pop. 20,564,000; cap. Khartoum

Related Forms:

  • Sudanese Su′·da·nese (so̵̅o̅′də nēz′) adjective, noun pl. Sudanese -·nese′

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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