sudan

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
noun a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

Borrowed from Korean 수단(水團) (sudan).

Or before that, the Sudan? — The Secret of Chimneys, Agatha Christie
A caravan from the Sudan enters, we will say, Kano. — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania, Jewett C. (Jewett Castello) Gilson
In return they carry cloth, fire-arms, ammunition, and various commodities to the negro villages of the Sudan. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

Republic of the Sudan, Soudan

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