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Soudan

noun

1. a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956

• Syn: ↑Sudan, ↑Republic of the Sudan

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑African country, ↑African nation

• Member Holonyms: ↑Arab League

• Part Holonyms: ↑Africa

• Member Meronyms: ↑Sudanese

• Part Meronyms:

↑Darfur, ↑Kordofan, ↑Khartoum, ↑capital of Sudan, ↑Nyala, ↑Port Sudan, ↑Omdurman, ↑Libyan Desert, ↑Nubian Desert, ↑Nile, ↑Nile River

2. a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

• Syn: ↑Sudan

• Members of this Region: ↑Omdurman, ↑battle of Omdurman

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region

• Part Holonyms: ↑Africa

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soudan(e

obs. ff. soldan.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.