السودان

Arabic

Etymology

  1. Historically, the term was used to refer to Black Africa (Sub-Saharan region) in general, as the root word سُود‎ (sūd) means "Blacks". It's one of the Arabic country names, which requires the definite article اَل‎ (al-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.suː.daːn/

Proper noun

السُّودَان • (as-sūdān) m

  1. Sudan

Usage notes

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سود”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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