Soudan \Sou*dan"\, n.[F.] A sultan. [Obs.]
Soudan n 1: a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956; involved in state-sponsored terrorism [syn: {Sudan}, {Republic of the Sudan}] 2: a region of northern Africa south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea [syn: {Sudan}]