sudan
UK/suːˈdɑːn/
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British/sʉwˈdɑːn/
sudan noun: a traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and honeyed water, often consumed on holidays.
Noun
sudan (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: Sudan
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
- But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deeply embedded elsewhere in Sudan and attempting to form a parallel government, analysts warn there is little likelihood of a swift resolution to the war.2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN
- A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
- 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.
sudan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sudan in Hindi
- सूडान, सुदान, सूदान
sudan in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
sudan in Marathi
- सुदान, सूदान, सूडान
sudan in Urdu
- سوڈان, سودان, سوڈن
More languagesFewer languages
- sudan in Bengali
- সুদান
- sudan in Telugu
- సూడాన్, సుడాన్, సుదాను
- sudan in Malayalam
- സുഡാൻ, സുദാൻ, സൂദാൻ
- sudan in Kannada
- ಸುಡಾನ್
- sudan in Punjabi
- ਸੁਡਾਨ, ਸੂਡਾਨ, ਸੁਦਾਨ
- sudan in Gujarati
- સુદાન, સુડાન, સૂદાન
- sudan in Odia
- ସୁଦାନ, ସୁଦାନ୍, ସୁଡାନ୍
- sudan in Nepali
- सुदान, सुडान
Forms of sudan
| plural | Sudans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Soudan |
Origin of sudan
Borrowed from Korean 수단(水團) (sudan).
Derived from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).
Words formed from sudan
Phrases with sudan
Words that rhyme with sudan
Questions about sudan
- What does sudan mean?
- Sudan means a traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and honeyed water, often consumed on holidays.
- What is sudan in Hindi?
- Sudan in Hindi is सूडान, सुदान, सूदान. See Sudan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sudan?
- Sudan can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sudan?
- Sudan is pronounced /suːˈdɑːn/ (UK).
Words near sudan in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sudan (page history and authors); Sudan (page history and authors); sudan (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Sudan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sudan (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Sudan (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sudan (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sudan (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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