Sudan

proper noun

1. 1

   A country in North Africa and East Africa.

   Often used with the definite article "the".

2. 2

   A country in North Africa and East Africa. Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885

3. 3

   A country in North Africa and East Africa. Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898

4. 4

   A country in North Africa and East Africa. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955

5. 5

   A country in North Africa and East Africa. 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.

6. 6

   A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa

7. 7

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

8. 8

   A minor city in Lamb County, Texas, United States, apparently named after the African region.

Forms

plural

Sudans