Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Sudan, or Soudan, a region in Africa lying south of Sahara, and sometimes extended to include the valley of the middle Nile and the region eastward to the Red Sea.
  • An inhabitant or the inhabitants of Sudan.
  • Also Soudanese.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.
  • noun A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a native or inhabitant of Sudan
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people

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Examples

  • Bol won, wearing red shorts stitched with the nickname "Sudanese Freedom Fighter."

    E-Books: The Defender 2011

  • Libyan government investment vehicle Libyan African Investments Portfolio (LAP) has acquired an 80% stake in Southern Sudanese telecoms operator Gemtel via its telecoms arm, LAP Green Networks, Ugandan news source The New Vision reports.

    TeleGeography CommsUpdate 2010

  • They do n't get it the reason why many others Tribes in Southern Sudanese are silent about them and it was because they Southern Sudanese people and all others Sudanese citizens in the Sudan are observing them very closely perhaps, we Dinkas people do n't support such Ideas of hateful and we do n't real bothering people that we are very strong people in Southern Sudan only the Southern Sudan history will tell us.

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  • The report, titled "Sudanese Victims of Organ Trafficking in Egypt," includes video testimony of corroborating victims, as well as documentation of ultrasounds, and records from transplant centers where African refugees have been targeted by brokers.

    Trafficking in Organs Said to Rise in Egypt Joel Millman 2011

  • The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet.

    Sudan Flogging Video Sparks Outrage (GRAPHIC VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet.

    Sudan Flogging Video Sparks Outrage (GRAPHIC VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Senior officials - including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and national security adviser James L. Jones - have called Sudanese leaders to press for progress.

    U.S. begins diplomatic effort to rescue peace plan in Sudan 2010

  • The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet.

    Sudan Flogging Video Sparks Outrage (GRAPHIC VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet.

    Flogging Of Sudanese Woman Sparks Outrage (GRAPHIC VIDEO) Curtis M. Wong 2010

  • The video shows a woman in a voluminous cloak on her knees screaming and pleading with blue-uniformed policemen, identified as Sudanese, who take turns whipping her across the head and feet.

    Sudan Flogging Video Sparks Outrage (GRAPHIC VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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