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Sudan   /sudˈæn/   Listen
Sudan

noun
1.
A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956.  Synonyms: Republic of the Sudan, Soudan.
2.
A region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea.  Synonym: Soudan.



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"Sudan" Quotes from Famous Books



... lists seven state sponsors of terrorism: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan. We are firmly committed to removing countries from the list once they have taken the necessary steps under our law and policy. A checkered past does not foreclose future membership ...
— National Strategy for Combating Terrorism - February 2003 • United States

... and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard Swaziland ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency

... constantly increasing measure we employed natives to do their own governing, and finally provided a legislative chamber. No higher grade of public officials ever handled the affairs of any colony than the public officials who in succession governed the Philippines. With the possible exception of the Sudan, and not even excepting Algiers, I know of no country ruled and administered by men of the white race where that rule and that administration have been exercised so emphatically with an eye single to the welfare of the natives themselves. The English and Dutch administrators of Malaysia have ...
— Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography by Theodore Roosevelt • Theodore Roosevelt

... Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the Spain Spratly Islands Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tromelin Island Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... dashed bad cigarettes at a pound the box of a hundred now," says Captain Bingo; "and I've a notion of layin' in a stock of 'em. We smoked tea in the Sudan, and I had a shot at hemp, but it plays the very devil with the nerves. All jumps and twitches, you know, after a pipe or two. Nervous as a cat, or a woman. And, talking of women, I wonder where my ...
— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves



Words linked to "Sudan" :   African country, Port Sudan, capital of Sudan, geographic area, Libyan Desert, African nation, Sudanese, geographical region, Africa, Nile River, Arab League, Kordofan, Nubian Desert, Soudan, Republic of the Sudan, Darfur, battle of Omdurman, Nile, geographical area, French Sudan, nyala, geographic region, Omdurman, Khartoum



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