Sudan (redirected from Sudan Black B)

Su·dan  (s-dn) 1. A region of northern Africa south of the Sahara and north of the equator. It extends across the continent from the Atlantic coast to the mountains of Ethiopia. 2. A country of northeast Africa south of Egypt. Northern Sudan formed part of the ancient kingdoms of Nubia and Cush. Conquered by Egypt in 1820-1822 and jointly administered by Great Britain and Egypt after 1899, Sudan achieved independence in 1956. Khartoum is the capital and Omdurman is the largest city. Population: 39,400,000. Suda·nese (sdn-z, -s) adj. & n.

Sudan

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Sudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 Republic of the Sudan, Soudan Arab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation Darfur - an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan" Kordofan - a mountainous province of central Sudan capital of Sudan, Khartoum - the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile Nyala - city in Sudan Port Sudan - port city in Sudan on the Red Sea Omdurman - a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum Libyan Desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan Nubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Nile, Nile River - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization Sudanese - a native or inhabitant of Sudan
	2.	Sudan - a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea Soudan battle of Omdurman, Omdurman - a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

Translations

Sudan [suˈdæn] n → Sudán m

Sudan [suˈdɑːn] n → Soudan m

Sudan [suˈdɑːn] n → der Sudan

Sudan [suːˈdɑːn] n → Sudan m