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Sudanese

UK/suː.de.niːz/

Sudanese adjective: of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

Adjective

Sudanese (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.
    • Mr. al-Gada is Sudanese, but was raised in a sleepy town in northeastern Saudi Arabia, where his father was a car mechanic.2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2023
    • Ridding the country of the RSF has come at a great cost for the Sudanese people who are often caught in the crossfire.2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN

Noun

Sudanese (plural Sudanese)

  1. A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.
    • But few Sudanese can forget the group’s participation in a massacre of over 120 democracy protesters in 2019.2023 May 5, Declan Walsh, “‘Only Word for Them Is Heroes’: How 2 Students Rescued Dozens in Sudan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 May 2023

Sudanese meaning in Bengali and Arabic

Sudanese in Bengali

সুদানী

Sudanese in Arabic

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, the Sudanese people or the Sudanese language
سُودَانِيّ sūdāniyy
person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent
سُودَانِيّ sūdāniyy, سُودَانِيَّة sūdāniyya

Forms of Sudanese

pluralSudanese

Origin of Sudanese

From Sudan + -ese.

Words formed from Sudanese

Phrases with Sudanese

Words that rhyme with Sudanese

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Questions about Sudanese

What does Sudanese mean?
Sudanese means of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.
What is Sudanese in Bengali?
Sudanese in Bengali is সুদানী. See Sudanese meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Sudanese?
Sudanese can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Sudanese?
Sudanese is pronounced /suː.de.niːz/ (UK).

Words near Sudanese in the dictionary

  1. Sudan brown
  2. Sudan browns
  3. Sudan grass
  4. Sudan Red
  5. Sudan Reds
  6. Sudanese
  7. Sudanese Arabic
  8. Sudaneseness
  9. sudangrass
  10. sudangrasses
  11. Sudani

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Sudanese (page history and authors); Sudanese (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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