Sudanianadj.n.

Brit.

/suːˈdeɪnɪən/,

/sᵿˈdeɪnɪən/, U.S.

/suˈdeɪniən/,

/suˈdæniən/

Forms: 1800s– Soudanian, 1800s– Sudanian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Sudan , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Sudan (also Soudan: see Sudanese n.) + -ian suffix. With sense A. 2 compare French soudanien (1875). Compare earlier Sudanic adj. and Sudanese n.Compare Sudania , Soudania , formerly used as a name for the wider geographical region (though not for the later political entities) (1848 or earlier; < either the name of Sudan or its Arabic etymon + -ia suffix¹) and its French equivalent la Soudanie (1851 or earlier). With occasional use with reference to languages (e.g. quot. 1837 at sense A. 1) compare earlier Sudanic n.

A. adj.

1. Of, belonging to, or relating to Sudan or its inhabitants; = Sudanese adj.Originally with reference to a vast region of North Africa, extending across the width of the continent from the southern edge of the Sahara to the tropical equatorial zone in the south; now chiefly designating the Republic of the Sudan, a country in north-eastern Africa south of Egypt, with a coastline on the Red Sea.

ΚΠ

1837 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) II. ii. 37 Specimens of these Súdanian dialects will find their place in a succeeding chapter.

1893 Appalachia Dec. (1895) 177 He crossed the forest zone to the high Soudanian plateau, visiting the commercial centres of that region.

2007 Pakistan Press Internat. (Nexis) 23 June The Agreement was signed at a meeting between [the] Minister for Culture..and his Sudanian counterpart.

2. Designating a belt of wooded tropical savannah extending in an east–west direction across North Africa, immediately to the south of (and moister than) the Sahelian zone; of, relating to, or characteristic of this savannah and its climate.

ΚΠ

1908 H. H. Johnston George Grenfell & Congo II. xxxii. 896 North of the forest belt in the basin of the upper Mubangi the flora is Sudanian, nearly identical in character with that of Senegambia, the central Niger basin, the Bahr-al-Ghazal, and South-Western Ethiopia.

1949 Jrnl. Ecol. 37 423 Throughout the Sahelian and Sudanian regions of Africa, there is an extreme contrast between the luxuriant greenness of the vegetation during the rains and its desiccated condition during the dry season.

2008 Geografiska Annaler B. 90 330/1 The area is in the broad band of Sudanian woodland that extends across West Africa.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of Sudan. Now somewhat rare.

ΚΠ

1847 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 24 384 Mixed races of Turanians and Sudanians.

1992 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 31 Aug. a7 Relief workers have been able to keep Sudanians in their villages and deliver food to them.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	sudanian
释义	Sudanianadj.n. Brit. /suːˈdeɪnɪən/, /sᵿˈdeɪnɪən/, U.S. /suˈdeɪniən/, /suˈdæniən/ Forms: 1800s– Soudanian, 1800s– Sudanian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Sudan , -ian suffix. Etymology: < the name of Sudan (also Soudan: see Sudanese n.) + -ian suffix. With sense A. 2 compare French soudanien (1875). Compare earlier Sudanic adj. and Sudanese n.Compare Sudania , Soudania , formerly used as a name for the wider geographical region (though not for the later political entities) (1848 or earlier; < either the name of Sudan or its Arabic etymon + -ia suffix¹) and its French equivalent la Soudanie (1851 or earlier). With occasional use with reference to languages (e.g. quot. 1837 at sense A. 1) compare earlier Sudanic n. A. adj. 1. Of, belonging to, or relating to Sudan or its inhabitants; = Sudanese adj.Originally with reference to a vast region of North Africa, extending across the width of the continent from the southern edge of the Sahara to the tropical equatorial zone in the south; now chiefly designating the Republic of the Sudan, a country in north-eastern Africa south of Egypt, with a coastline on the Red Sea. ΚΠ 1837 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Mankind (ed. 3) II. ii. 37 Specimens of these Súdanian dialects will find their place in a succeeding chapter. 1893 Appalachia Dec. (1895) 177 He crossed the forest zone to the high Soudanian plateau, visiting the commercial centres of that region. 2007 Pakistan Press Internat. (Nexis) 23 June The Agreement was signed at a meeting between [the] Minister for Culture..and his Sudanian counterpart. 2. Designating a belt of wooded tropical savannah extending in an east–west direction across North Africa, immediately to the south of (and moister than) the Sahelian zone; of, relating to, or characteristic of this savannah and its climate. ΚΠ 1908 H. H. Johnston George Grenfell & Congo II. xxxii. 896 North of the forest belt in the basin of the upper Mubangi the flora is Sudanian, nearly identical in character with that of Senegambia, the central Niger basin, the Bahr-al-Ghazal, and South-Western Ethiopia. 1949 Jrnl. Ecol. 37 423 Throughout the Sahelian and Sudanian regions of Africa, there is an extreme contrast between the luxuriant greenness of the vegetation during the rains and its desiccated condition during the dry season. 2008 Geografiska Annaler B. 90 330/1 The area is in the broad band of Sudanian woodland that extends across West Africa. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Sudan. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1847 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. 24 384 Mixed races of Turanians and Sudanians. 1992 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 31 Aug. a7 Relief workers have been able to keep Sudanians in their villages and deliver food to them. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adj.n.1837
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