sudan
noun
Simple meaning
A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea.
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suˈdæn
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Definition
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noun
A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955
Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898
A country in North Africa and East Africa.
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