soudan

sou·dan  (sdn)

n.

Variant of soldan.

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Soudan [sudɑ̃]

n

(Placename) the French name for the Sudan

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Soudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 Republic of the Sudan, Sudan 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.	Soudan - a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea Sudan 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