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Sudan
     
Sudan also the Sudan
a country in northeast Africa, south of Egypt and west of Ethiopia, which is the largest country in Africa. Population: 38,114,160 (2003). Capital: Khartoum. Sudan suffered from famine (=serious lack of food) during the 1990s.
—Sudanese noun, adjective
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