South Sudan

US/ˌsaʊθ suˈdæn/

proper noun

A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of South Sudan, formerly the southern part of Sudan.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative historical Southern Sudan

  1. A country in East Africa. Official name: Republic of South Sudan, formerly the southern part of Sudan.
    1 more example

    President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to make it easier for his administration to deport people to South Sudan and other countries that are not their homeland, the latest in a series of controversial immigration policies the administration has put before the conservative-majority high court.

    2025 May 27, John Fritze, Angélica Franganillo Díaz and Devan Cole, “Trump asks Supreme Court to make it easier to deport migrants to South Sudan and other third-party countries”, in CNN

Translations

Afrikaans Suid-Soedan
  • Suid-Soedancountry in Africa
Arabic جَنُوب السُّودَان
  • جَنُوب السُّودَان (janūb as-sūdān)country in Africa
Bengali দক্ষিণ সুদান
  • দক্ষিণ সুদান (dokkhin śudan)country in Africa
Bulgarian Ю́жен Суда́н
  • Ю́жен Суда́н (Júžen Sudán)country in Africa
Catalan Sudan del Sud
  • Sudan del Sudcountry in Africa
Chinese Cantonese 南蘇丹 /南苏丹
  • 南蘇丹 /南苏丹 (naam⁴ sou¹ daan)country in Africa
Chinese Mandarin 南蘇丹 /南苏丹
  • 南蘇丹 /南苏丹 (Nán Sūdān)country in Africa
Czech Jižní Súdán
  • Jižní Súdáncountry in Africa
Danish Sydsudan
  • Sydsudancountry in Africa
Dutch Zuid-Soedan
  • Zuid-Soedancountry in Africa
Esperanto Sud-Sudano
  • Sud-Sudanocountry in Africa
Estonian Lõuna-Sudaan
  • Lõuna-Sudaancountry in Africa
Finnish Etelä-Sudan
  • Etelä-Sudancountry in Africa
French Soudan du Sud, Sud-Soudan
  • Soudan du Sudcountry in Africa
  • Sud-Soudancountry in Africa
German Südsudan
  • Südsudancountry in Africa
Greek Νότιο Σουδάν
  • Νότιο Σουδάν (Nótio Soudán)country in Africa
Hebrew דְּרוֹם סוּדָן, דרום סודאן
  • דְּרוֹם סוּדָןcountry in Africa
  • דרום סודאן (darom sudan)country in Africa
Hindi दक्षिण सूडान
  • दक्षिण सूडान (dakṣiṇ sūḍān)country in Africa
Hungarian Dél-Szudán
  • Dél-Szudáncountry in Africa
Icelandic Suður-Súdan
  • Suður-Súdancountry in Africa
Indonesian Sudan Selatan
  • Sudan Selatancountry in Africa
Irish Súdáin Theas
  • Súdáin Theascountry in Africa
Italian Sudan del Sud, Sud Sudan
  • Sudan del Sudcountry in Africa
  • Sud Sudancountry in Africa
Japanese 南スーダン
  • 南スーダン (Minami Sūdan)country in Africa
Korean 남수단, 남부 수단
  • 남수단 (Namsudan)country in Africa
  • 남부 수단 (Nambu sudan)country in Africa
Latvian Dienvidsudāna
  • Dienvidsudānacountry in Africa
Lithuanian Pietų Sudanas
  • Pietų Sudanascountry in Africa
Malay Sudan Selatan
  • Sudan Selatancountry in Africa
Norwegian Bokmål Sør-Sudan
  • Sør-Sudancountry in Africa
Polish Sudan Południowy
  • Sudan Południowycountry in Africa
Portuguese Sudão do Sul
  • Sudão do Sulcountry in Africa
Romanian Sudanul de Sud
  • Sudanul de Sudcountry in Africa
Russian Ю́жный Суда́н
  • Ю́жный Суда́н (Júžnyj Sudán)country in Africa
Slovak Južný Sudán
  • Južný Sudáncountry in Africa
Spanish Sudán del Sur
  • Sudán del Surcountry in Africa
Swahili Sudan Kusini
  • Sudan Kusinicountry in Africa
Swedish Sydsudan
  • Sydsudancountry in Africa
Tagalog Timog Sudan
  • Timog Sudancountry in Africa
Thai ซูดานใต้
  • ซูดานใต้ (suu-daan-dtâai)country in Africa
Turkish Güney Sudan
  • Güney Sudancountry in Africa
Ukrainian Півде́нний Суда́н
  • Півде́нний Суда́н (Pivdénnyj Sudán)country in Africa
Urdu جُنُوبی سُوڈان, جَنُوبی سُوڈان
  • جُنُوبی سُوڈان (junūbī sūḍān)country in Africa
  • جَنُوبی سُوڈان (janūbī sūḍān)country in Africa
Vietnamese Nam Xu-đăng
  • Nam Xu-đăngcountry in Africa
Welsh De Swdan
  • De Swdancountry in Africa
Yiddish דרום סודאַן
  • דרום סודאַן (dorem sudan)country in Africa

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with South Sudan

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Cite this entry
APA

South Sudan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Sudan

MLA

“South Sudan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Sudan. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “South Sudan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/South%20Sudan.

Source: South Sudan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.