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SUDANESE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Sudan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Sudanese" is a kind of...):

African (a native or inhabitant of Africa)

Holonyms ("Sudanese" is a member of...):

Republic of the Sudan; Soudan; Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)

Derivation:

Sudanese (of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of the African Republic of the Sudan or its people

Example:

the Sudanese desert

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Sudan (a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956)

Derivation:

Sudanese (a native or inhabitant of Sudan)

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