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Soudan — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Sudan name A country in northeastern Africa, south of Egypt, with a long and turbulent political history.
  • sultan noun A ruler of a Muslim state or empire, especially historically in places like the Ottoman Empire or Brunei.

Senses

Soudan is used for these senses in English:

  • Sudan Republic of the Sudan, since 1955
  • sultan A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
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