English
Sudan
Sudan comes from Arabic أَسْوَد ‘black people’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَسْوَدsūdānas سُودَان‘black people’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Sudan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Arabicc. 500–presentأَسْوَدsūdānas سُودَان‘black people’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Sudan
Earliest quotation: 2025, Nimi Princewill: “But while the capture of Khartoum marks an important…”
Every English word from Arabic أَسْوَد
Today it means
name A country in North Africa and East Africa.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic أَسْوَد / Sudan