Source : WordNet®

Sudan
     n 1: a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved
          independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956;
          involved in state-sponsored terrorism [syn: {Republic of
          the Sudan}, {Soudan}]
     2: a region of northern Africa south of the Sahara and Libyan
        deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea [syn: {Soudan}]