SUDAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sudan mean? 

• SUDAN (noun)
  The noun SUDAN has 2 senses:

1. a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956

2. a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

  Familiarity information: SUDAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUDAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Sudan"):

Darfur (an impoverished region of western Sudan)

Kordofan (a mountainous province of central Sudan)

capital of Sudan; Khartoum (the capital of Sudan located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile)

Nyala (city in Sudan)

Port Sudan (port city in Sudan on the Red Sea)

Omdurman (a city of Sudan; located in the central Sudan on the White Nile opposite Khartoum)

Libyan Desert (the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan)

Nubian Desert (an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea)

Nile; Nile River (the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization)

Meronyms (members of "Sudan"):

Sudanese (a native or inhabitant of Sudan)

Holonyms ("Sudan" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

Holonyms ("Sudan" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Soudan; Sudan

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Domain member region:

battle of Omdurman; Omdurman (a battle (1898) in which an English and Egyptian army under Kitchener defeated the Sudanese)

Holonyms ("Sudan" is a part of...):

Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)

 Context examples 

To further investigate these findings, the scientists tested the antibodies in three animal models: wild-type mice, mice genetically altered to be susceptible to Sudan ebolavirus, and ferrets.

(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)

In animal studies, two of these antibodies provided substantial protection against disease caused by Zaire ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus and Sudan ebolavirus, the three species known to cause fatal human illness.

(Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors, National Institutes of Health)

A country in Eastern Africa, between Somalia and Sudan.

(Ethiopia, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in central Africa, south of Libya, between Niger and Sudan.

(Chad, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Sudan and Ethiopia.

(Eritrea, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in a northern country of Africa such as Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, or Tunisia.

(North Coast of Africa, NCI Thesaurus)

Bangladesh, China, Haiti, India, Pakistan, North Korea and South Sudan are some of the most affected countries.

(Pollution is the World’s No. 1 Killer, VOA)

The proteins are from Ebola virus (Kikwit strain), Sudan virus (Boniface strain, which also causes Ebola virus disease), Marburg virus (Angola strain) and Lassa virus (Josiah strain).

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)

Treating wild-type mice with the antibodies after exposure to the Zaire ebolavirus appeared to have a protective effect, as did treating the altered mice after exposure to Sudan ebolavirus.

(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)

Antibodies isolated from two survivors bound to an essential virus protein, called glycoprotein or GP, from Zaire, Bundibugyo and Sudan Ebola virus species, and prevented the viruses from entering host cells.

(Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors, National Institutes of Health)