# Sudan
## English
### Alternative forms

* (country): Soudan

### Etymology

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /suːˈdɑːn/, /suːˈdæn/
* (US) IPA: /suˈdæn/, /suˈdɑn/
** Audio (US); /suˈdæn/:(file)
* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /sʉːˈdæn/, (rare) /sʉːˈdɐːn/
* (Scotland) IPA: /sʉˈdan/
* 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.

#### 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
### See also

* Countries of the world
* Darfur
* Kush
* Nubia
* South Sudan
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* 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

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “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, →DOI, pages 1–16

### Anagrams

* Duans, Sunda, duans, unsad

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, literally “black men”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [suˈðan]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -an

### Proper noun

Sudan m
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Sudan del Sud
* sudanès
* sudànic

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

## Danish
### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* sudaner
* sudansk

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsudɑn/, [ˈs̠udɑ̝n]
* Rhymes: -udɑn
* Hyphenation: Su‧dan

### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Sudan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sudanini
accusative
nom.
Sudanini
gen.
Sudanini
genitive
Sudanini
partitive
Sudaniani
inessive
Sudanissani
elative
Sudanistani
illative
Sudaniini
adessive
Sudanillani
ablative
Sudaniltani
allative
Sudanilleni
essive
Sudaninani
translative
Sudanikseni
abessive
Sudanittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sudanisi
accusative
nom.
Sudanisi
gen.
Sudanisi
genitive
Sudanisi
partitive
Sudaniasi
inessive
Sudanissasi
elative
Sudanistasi
illative
Sudaniisi
adessive
Sudanillasi
ablative
Sudaniltasi
allative
Sudanillesi
essive
Sudaninasi
translative
Sudaniksesi
abessive
Sudanittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sudanimme
accusative
nom.
Sudanimme
gen.
Sudanimme
genitive
Sudanimme
partitive
Sudaniamme
inessive
Sudanissamme
elative
Sudanistamme
illative
Sudaniimme
adessive
Sudanillamme
ablative
Sudaniltamme
allative
Sudanillemme
essive
Sudaninamme
translative
Sudaniksemme
abessive
Sudanittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sudaninne
accusative
nom.
Sudaninne
gen.
Sudaninne
genitive
Sudaninne
partitive
Sudanianne
inessive
Sudanissanne
elative
Sudanistanne
illative
Sudaniinne
adessive
Sudanillanne
ablative
Sudaniltanne
allative
Sudanillenne
essive
Sudaninanne
translative
Sudaniksenne
abessive
Sudanittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Sudaninsa
accusative
nom.
Sudaninsa
gen.
Sudaninsa
genitive
Sudaninsa
partitive
Sudaniaan Sudaniansa
inessive
Sudanissaan Sudanissansa
elative
Sudanistaan Sudanistansa
illative
Sudaniinsa
adessive
Sudanillaan Sudanillansa
ablative
Sudaniltaan Sudaniltansa
allative
Sudanilleen Sudanillensa
essive
Sudaninaan Sudaninansa
translative
Sudanikseen Sudaniksensa
abessive
Sudanittaan Sudanittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* sudanilainen
* Etelä-Sudan

### Anagrams

* sadun, sunda

## Gagauz
### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

## German
### Alternative forms

* Ssudan (archaic)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zuˈdaːn/
* IPA: /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

### See also

* Ägypten
* Algerien
* Angola
* Äquatorialguinea
* Äthiopien
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Demokratische Republik Kongo
* Dschibuti
* Elfenbeinküste
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Gabun
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kamerun
* Kap Verde
* Kenia
* Komoren
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libyen
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Marokko
* Mauretanien
* Mauritius
* Mosambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republik Kongo
* Ruanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Seychellen
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Südafrika
* Sudan
* Südsudan
* São Tomé und Príncipe
* Tansania
* Togo
* Tschad
* Tunesien
* Uganda
* Zentralafrikanische Republik

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/
* Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
* Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn

### Proper noun

Sudan m
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* sudanese

### References

* ↑ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* snuda

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suˈdaːn/

### Proper noun

Is-Sudan m
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa; official name: Repubblika tas-Sudan)

### See also

* L-Afrika t’Isfel
* L-Alġerija
* L-Angola
* Il-Benin
* Il-Botswana
* Il-Burkina Faso
* Il-Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Iċ-Chad
* Comoros
* Il-Djibouti
* L-Eġittu
* L-Eritrea
* L-Eswatini
* L-Etjopja
* Il-Gabon
* Il-Gambja
* Il-Ghana
* Il-Guinea
* Il-Guinea Ekwatorjali
* Il-Guinea-Bissau
* Il-Kamerun
* Il-Kenja
* Il-Kongo
* Il-Kosta tal-Avorju
* Il-Lesoto
* Il-Liberja
* Il-Libja
* Madagascar
* Il-Malawi
* Il-Mali
* Il-Marokk
* Il-Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Il-Mozambique
* In-Namibja
* In-Niġer
* In-Niġerja
* Ir-Repubblika Ċentru-Afrikana
* Ir-Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo
* Ir-Rwanda
* Is-Saħara tal-Punent
* Is-Senegal
* Is-Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Is-Somalja
* Is-Sudan
* Is-Sudan t’Isfel
* São Tomé u Príncipe
* It-Tanzanija
* It-Togo
* It-Tuneżija
* L-Uganda
* Iż-Żambja
* Iż-Żimbabwe

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Related terms

* sudaner
* sudansk

### See also

* Sør-Sudan

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Related terms

* sudanar
* sudansk

### See also

* Sør-Sudan

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsu.dan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -udan
* Syllabification: Su‧dan

### Proper noun

Sudan m inan (related adjective sudański)
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Derived terms

* Sudanka
* Sudańczyk

### See also

* Algieria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Czad
* Demokratyczna Republika Konga
* Dżibuti
* Egipt
* Erytrea
* Eswatini
* Etiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Gwinea
* Gwinea Bissau
* Gwinea Równikowa
* Kamerun
* Kenia
* Komory
* Kongo
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libia
* Madagaskar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Maroko
* Mauretania
* Mauritius
* Mozambik
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Południowa Afryka
* Republika Środkowoafrykańska
* Republika Zielonego Przylądka
* Rwanda
* Sahara Zachodnia
* Senegal
* Seszele
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Południowy
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunezja
* Uganda
* Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
* Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* Sudan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Sudan in PWN's encyclopedia

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sǔdaːn/
* Hyphenation: Su‧dan

### Proper noun

Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Declension
## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* Sudani

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Related terms

* Msudani

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Sudan n (genitive Sudans)
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Related terms

* sudanes
* sudanesisk
* sudanesiska

#### See also

* Sydsudan

### Further reading

* Sudan in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* Utrikes namnbok (12th ed., 2024)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /suˈdan/ [sʊˈd̪an̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: Su‧dan

### Proper noun

Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

### Anagrams

* Undas, undas

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Sudan
* Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)

#### Declension
### See also

* 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
* Senegal
* Seyşeller
* Sierra Leone
* Somali
* Sudan
* São Tomé ve Príncipe
* Tanzanya
* Togo
* Tunus
* Uganda
* Yeşil Burun
* Zambiya
* Zimbabve