Sudanese
/ˌsuː.dəˈniːz/noun
Relating to Sudan or its people.
Did you know?Arabic geographers called much of sub-Saharan Africa bilād as-sūdān, literally “lands of the Blacks,” contrasting it with bilād al-bīḍān, “lands of the Whites.”
Etymological Timeline
Classical Arabic
Arabic
aswad
“black; dark-colored”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
sūdān
“Blacks; a plural form derived from aswad”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
bilād as-sūdān
“the lands of the Blacks, a broad geographical designation for regions south of the Sahara”
17th–18th Century
European languages
Soudan / Sudan
“European forms of the Arabic geographical name”
19th Century
English
Sudanese
“Relating to Sudan or its inhabitants, formed with English -ese”
Modern English
English
Sudanese
“The modern demonym and adjective for Sudan”