Sudan Definition

so͝o-dăn
pronoun

Country in Northeast Africa. Official name: Republic of the Sudan.

Often used with the definite article "the".
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A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa.

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(historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).

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Origin of Sudan

  • From Arabic اسود (“black man"), plural سودان (sudá:n).

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Sudan Sentence Examples

  • Since the pacification of the Sudan by the British (1886-1889) there has been some revival of trade between Gondar and the regions of the Blue Nile.

  • The Egyptian Sudan.-Egyptian cotton was cultivated in the Sudan to the extent of 21,788 acres in 1906 chiefly on nonirrigated land.

  • Lord Granville further inquired whether Italy would co-operate in pacifying the Sudan, and received an affirmative reply.

  • Towards the Sudan, however, the Mahdists, who had recovered from a defeat inflicted by an Italian force at Agordat in 1890, resumed operations in December 1893.

  • Sahel thus understood comprises regions which form the inter mediate zone between the fertile lands of the Sudan and the desert.

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Words Starting With

SSUSUD

Words Ending With

NANDAN

Unscrambles

Sudan

Words Starting With S and Ending With N

Starts With S & Ends With NStarts With SU & Ends With NStarts With S & Ends With AN

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With S5 Letter Words Ending With N