Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sudanese

/suː.de.niːz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: su-danese
IPA: /suː.de.niːz/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

noun

A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.

Example Sentences

"Mr. al-Gada is Sudanese, but was raised in a sleepy town in northeastern Saudi Arabia, where his father was a car mechanic."
"Ridding the country of the RSF has come at a great cost for the Sudanese people who are often caught in the crossfire."
"But few Sudanese can forget the group’s participation in a massacre of over 120 democracy protesters in 2019."

Etymology

Etymology tree English Sudan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Sudanese From Sudan + -ese.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /suː.de.niːz/

Derived Forms

Sudaneseness

Frequently Paired Words

Sudan

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sudanese?: The recorded pronunciation is /suː.de.niːz/.
What does sudanese mean?: Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.
Where does sudanese come from?: Etymology tree English Sudan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English Sudanese From Sudan + -ese.

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