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geographical name(Su-dan)region of northern Africa between the Atlantic and the upper Nile River south of the Sahara Desert including the basins of Lake Chad and the Niger River and the upper Nile
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geographical name(Su-dan)former country in northeastern Africa
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geographical name(Su-dan)country bordering the Red Sea in northeastern Africa south of Egypt; capital Khartoum area 728,216 square miles (1,886,079 square kilometers), population 30,900,000
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noun(Su-dan)a vigorous tall-growing annual sorghum grass (Sorghum sudanense synonym S. vulgare sudanense) widely grown for hay and fodder
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geographical name(Su-dan)city and port on the Red Sea in northeastern Sudan population 100,700
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geographical name(Su-dan)landlocked country in eastern Africa; capital Juba area 239,284 square miles (619,746 square kilometers), population 8,260,500
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geographical name(Su-dan)federation 1959—60 of Senegal and the Sudanese Republic
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geographical name(Su-dan)landlocked country in western Africa in the western Sahara, Sahel, and Sudan regions with the Tropic of Cancer crossing its northern tip; a republic; before 1958 it constituted French Sudan (a territory of France); capital Bamako area 478,652 square miles (1,239,709 square kilometers), population 14,500,000