# Sudan

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /suːˈdɑːn/ · frequency rank #8,359

## Definitions
1. A country in North Africa and East Africa.
2. A country in North Africa and East Africa.
3. A country in North Africa and East Africa.
4. A country in North Africa and East Africa.
5. A country in North Africa and East Africa.
6. A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
7. Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
8. A minor city in Lamb County, Texas, United States, apparently named after the African region.

## Etymology
Derived from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”), plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad).

## Easily confused with
- **sun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sun)
- **swan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-swan)
- **Suga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-suga)
- **suds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-suds)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sura)
- **sugar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sugar)
- **Susan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-susan)
- **Sunday** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sunday)
- **sudden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sudden)
- **sultan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sultan)
- **sundae** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sudan-vs-sundae)
- **san** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/san-vs-sudan)
- **sud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sud-vs-sudan)
- **sean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sean-vs-sudan)
- **scan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scan-vs-sudan)
- **span** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/span-vs-sudan)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stan-vs-sudan)
- **soda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soda-vs-sudan)
- **shan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shan-vs-sudan)
- **sian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sian-vs-sudan)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sduan`, `ssudan`, `suadn`, `sudann`, `suddan`, `sudna`, `usdan`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sudan