n.
Pronunciation: sü- ' dan, - ' dän
Function: geographical name
1 region N Africa bet. the Atlantic & the upper Nile S of the Sahara including basins of Lake Chad & Niger River & the upper Nile
2 country NE Africa S of Egypt; a republic, until 1956 a territory ( Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ) under joint Brit. & Egyptian rule capital Khartoum area 967,500 sq mi (2,505,825 sq km ), pop 25,000,000
– Su · da · nese \ ˌ sü-d ə - ' n ē z, - ' n ē s \ adjective or noun