I. noun
also sou·da·nese |süd ə n|ēz, -də|nēz, -ēs
( plural sudanese also soudanese )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: sudanese from the Sudan, region of north central Africa + English -ese; soudanese from French soudanais, from Soudan the Sudan + -ais -ese
1. : a native or inhabitant of the Sudan belonging to one of various racial and linguistic groups including Arab and Arabic-speaking peoples, peoples of Hamitic affiliation (as the Tuaregs), and numerous Negro and negroid peoples
2. : a native or inhabitant of the former Anglo-Egyptian Sudan or the Republic of the Sudan in northeast Africa
II. adjective
also soudanese “
Usage: usually capitalized
: of or relating to the Sudan, to the former Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, or to the Republic of the Sudan : sudan