Sudan
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /suːˈdɑːn/
- (US) IPA(key): /suˈdæn/, /suˈdɑn/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sʉːˈdæn/, (rare) /-ɐːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːn, -æn
Proper nounEdit
Sudan (plural Sudans)
- Country in Northeast Africa
- Often used with the definite article "the".
- Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
- Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955
- Republic of the Sudan, since 1955
- A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
- (historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
Usage notesEdit
The country is traditionally referred to with the definite article the, though this construction has declined in use.[2]
Derived termsEdit
- Port Sudan
- Southern Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sudanese (relating to the country)
- Sudanian (relating to the climatic region)
TranslationsEdit
Republic of Sudan
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See alsoEdit
- Countries of the world
- Darfur
- Kush
- Nubia
- South Sudan
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Sudan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary, retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ^ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020), “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, issue 1, , pages 1–16
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Arabic أَسْوَد (ʔaswad, “black man”), plural سُودَان (sūdān).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa)
Derived termsEdit
Central NahuatlEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Sudan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sudan | — | ||
| genitive | Sudanin | — | ||
| partitive | Sudania | — | ||
| illative | Sudaniin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Sudan | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Sudan | — | |
| gen. | Sudanin | |||
| genitive | Sudanin | — | ||
| partitive | Sudania | — | ||
| inessive | Sudanissa | — | ||
| elative | Sudanista | — | ||
| illative | Sudaniin | — | ||
| adessive | Sudanilla | — | ||
| ablative | Sudanilta | — | ||
| allative | Sudanille | — | ||
| essive | Sudanina | — | ||
| translative | Sudaniksi | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| abessive | Sudanitta | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
GagauzEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Ssudan (archaic)
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sudans or Sudan, plural Sudan)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa)
- 1839, Fr. von Rougemont; Ch. H. Hugendubel, Geographie des Menschen, ethnographisch, statistisch und historisch. Erster Band, page 28:
- Hoch- und Nieder-Sudan [....] Die Araber haben mit ihrer Religion ihre obwohl sehr unvollkommene Gesittung verbreitet; durch sie wurden nicht bloß in Aegypten und auf dem Atlas, sondern auch in den beiden Sudan Schulen gegründet [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1855, R. Nievergelt, Leitfaden der Geographie für Sekundarschulen, page 41:
- Die Ureinwohner sind Neger in Hochafrika und den beiden Sudan [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Derived termsEdit
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈsu.dan/, (traditional) /suˈdan/[1]
- Rhymes: -udan, (traditional) -an
- Hyphenation: Sù‧dan, (traditional) Su‧dàn
Proper nounEdit
Sudan m
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Sudan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
AnagramsEdit
MalteseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Is-Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in Africa)
- Synonym: Repubblika tas-Sudan
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan m
- Sudan (a country in North Africa)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Sudan
Derived termsEdit
adjective
nouns
Further readingEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sùdān m (Cyrillic spelling Су̀да̄н)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Sudan
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sùdān |
| genitive | Sudána |
| dative | Sudanu |
| accusative | Sudan |
| vocative | Sudane |
| locative | Sudanu |
| instrumental | Sudanom |
SwahiliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Sudán (“Sudan”).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
- Sudan (a country in North Africa)
TurkishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Sudan
- Sudan (a country in East Africa)
DeclensionEdit
declension of Sudan
possessive of Sudan
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Sudan'ım | Sudanlarım / Sudan'larım |
| senin (your) | Sudan'ın | Sudanların / Sudan'ların |
| onun (his/her/its) | Sudan'ı | Sudanları / Sudan'ları |
| bizim (our) | Sudan'ımız | Sudanlarımız / Sudan'larımız |
| sizin (your) | Sudan'ınız | Sudanlarınız / Sudan'larınız |
| onların (their) | Sudan'ı / Sudanları / Sudan'ları | Sudanları / Sudan'ları |
See alsoEdit
- (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve (Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]