1. a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956; [syn: Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Republic of the Sudan
n 1: a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved
independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956
[syn: Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan]