Soudan

sou·dan

S0574700 (so͞od′n)n. Variant of soldan.

Soudan

(sudɑ̃) n (Placename) the French name for the Sudan

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Soudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956Republic of the Sudan, SudanArab League - an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperationDarfur - an impoverished region of western Sudan; "Darfur was a semi-independent sultanate until 1917 and is ethnically distinct from central Sudan"Kordofan - a mountainous province of central Sudancapital of Sudan, Khartoum - the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White NileNyala - city in SudanPort Sudan - port city in Sudan on the Red SeaOmdurman - a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite KhartoumLibyan Desert - the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and SudanNubian Desert - an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red SeaAfrica - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian OceanNile, Nile River - the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilizationSudanese - a native or inhabitant of Sudan
	2.	Soudan - a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red SeaSudanbattle of Omdurman, Omdurman - a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the SudaneseAfrica - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean