sudan

1. uncountableA traditional Korean punch, made from boiled rice flour cakes and honeyed water, often consumed on holidays.

plural Sudans · alternative Soudan

1. countableuncountableA country in North Africa and East Africa.

   Often used with the definite article "the".

   1. countableuncountableTurkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
   2. countableuncountableMahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898
   3. countableuncountableAnglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955
   4. countableuncountableRepublic of the Sudan, since 1955

      But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important moment in the conflict, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deeply embedded elsewhere in Sudan and attempting to form a parallel government, analysts warn there is little likelihood of a swift resolution to the war.

      2025 March 27, Nimi Princewill, “Sudan’s army has captured the capital. Is it a turning point in the devastating conflict?”, in CNN

2. countableuncountableA climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
3. countablehistoricaluncountableMali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
4. countableuncountableA minor city in Lamb County, Texas, United States, apparently named after the African region.