A country in North Africa and East Africa.
Used in a Sentence
sudan
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sudan.
Editorial note
Why is the Guardian article framing Sudan as the species' last chance if this is the case?
Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A country in North Africa and East Africa.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of sudan gathered in one view.
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
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for sudan.
noun
A country in North Africa and East Africa.
noun
Republic of the Sudan, since 1955
noun
A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
noun
Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
Example sentences
Why is the Guardian article framing Sudan as the species' last chance if this is the case?
They were stonewalling a UN investigation into selling their services to Sudan during the civil war..
A couple of years ago the entire national soccer team of Sudan died that way.
Hacking Team has a horrid history of not keeping their word, the Sudan connection for example they explicitly denied, among others.
Why else would they vehemently deny selling this software to such governments like Sudan then?
There are news stories today about predicted famines in South Sudan and Sierra Leone.
Could you give me a more fair representation of what goes into the mind of someone selling surveillance software to Sudan or Omar?
US companies obviously don't like to off-shore to countries like Sudan because those countries are neither safe nor stable for investment or operations.
I guess I was looking for answers to questions like: - At what point did Sudan become the last male northern white rhino?
Rwanda a few years ago or Southern Sudan as we speak they are mostly characterised by a lack of internet connectivity or data about people.
I bet not many know that Colombia just a few years ago was only beat by Sudan in terms of internal refugees, and it's all due to the drug war.
Indeed in the Sudan case if there was a lack of privacy about who exactly had slaughtered who's family I suspect it would make the perpetrators much less likely to do it.
Quote examples
The official list that Cuba was removed from was "Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria".
"hey, I'll give you $1000 to take this super-duper-awesome photo of this grasshopper that's sitting on my windowsill right now" or "hey, I'll give you $1000000 and cover transportation/lodging expenses if you agree to tag along with our entomological team and take photographs of this new species of dung beetle we discovered in Sudan".
From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, that all ideologies are mere fictions, the modern relativist infers that everybody has the right to create for himself his own ideology and to attempt to enforce it with all the energy of which he is capable." - Benito Mussolini, "Diuturna" [4] President Bashir of Sudan, North Korea, the Burmese military junta itself, the PRC, and many others.
Proper noun examples
That distance will take our Danish friend to Sudan, Saudia Arabia, Novosibirsk, or well past the North pole.
Surely not as weird as the Bir Tawil border dispute between Egypt and Sudan.
Votes in Quebec, Scotland, South Sudan, Erythrea, Timor Leste were recognized by the main country before they happened.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use sudan in a sentence?
Why is the Guardian article framing Sudan as the species' last chance if this is the case?
What does sudan mean?
A country in North Africa and East Africa.
What part of speech is sudan?
sudan is commonly used as noun.