Sudan
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (country): Soudan
Etymology edit
From 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)
Proper noun edit
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 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 edit
Republic 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 edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
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Proper noun edit
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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Central Nahuatl edit
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Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Danish edit
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Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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Finnish edit
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Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension edit
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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compounds
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Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
German edit
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
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)
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/[1]
- Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
- Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn
Proper noun edit
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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References edit
- ^ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Maltese edit
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Proper noun edit
Is-Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
- Synonym: Repubblika tas-Sudan
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Proper noun edit
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension edit
Declension of Sudan
Derived terms edit
adjective
nouns
Further reading edit
- Sudan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
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Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Related terms edit
See 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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)
Declension edit
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 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]