sudan

Noun sudan has 2 senses

• sudan(n = noun.location) republic of the sudan, soudan - a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956;
is a member of arab league
is a kind of african country, african nation
has parts: darfur, kordofan, capital of sudan, khartoum, nyala, port sudan, omdurman, libyan desert, nubian desert, nile, nile river
is a part of africa

• sudan(n = noun.location) soudan - a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea;
is a kind of geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
is a part of africa