Soudan \Sou*dan"\, n.[F.] A sultan. [Obs.]
Soudan
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: {Sudan}, {Republic
of the Sudan}]
2: a region of northern Africa south of the Sahara and Libyan
deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea [syn: {Sudan}]