Proper noun
Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885
Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the United Kingdom and Egypt from 1899 to 1955
Republic of the Sudan, since 1955
A climatic zone characterized by savannas and mosaic forests running in a belt just south of the Sahel in West and East Africa
(historical) Mali (when it was under French colonial rule as Soudan).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWe know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians; without the resolution of conflicts in East Timor, the Sudan and other parts of the world. Nelson Mandela
As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan. Jan Schakowsky
The UN Commission on Human Rights, whose membership in recent years has included countries - such as Libya and Sudan - which have deplorable human rights records, and the recent Oil-for-Food scandal, are just a few examples of why reform is so imperative. John Linder
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan. Jacob T. Schwartz
At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan. Peter L. Bergen
Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens. Tom Allen