soudan

IPA: sˈudʌn

Root Word: Soudan

Archaic form of Sudan.: A country in North Africa and East Africa. [A country in North Africa and East Africa.]

Examples of "soudan" in Sentences

South soudan nation will bring an end to his regime.
Le chef avoit avec lui un mamelus (mamelouck) du soudan, qui
Elle est sous la domination du soudan; ce qui doit faire honte et douleur � la chr閠ient�.
La ville est riche, marchande, et, apr鑣 le Caire, la plus consid閞able de toutes celles que poss鑔e le soudan.
Cet homme me fit habiller en Sarrasin; car les Francs, pour leur s鹯et�, quand ils voyagent, ont obtenu du soudan de prendre en route cet habillement.
But a little while wore after this matter, as telleth the tale, ere the Soudan had to do, for a rich soudan, who marched on him, laid waste his land, and fell to harrying him.
They were now brought into the royal presence; and the soudan, addressing Sir Isumbras, immediately offered him as much treasure as he should require, on condition that he should renounce
The answer was a respectful but peremptory refusal, concluded by an earnest petition for a little food; but the soudan, having by this time turned his eyes from Sir Isumbras to the beautiful companion of his pilgrimage, paid no attention to his request.
He had carried his stock of provisions, together with his gold, the fatal present of the soudan, enveloped in a scarlet mantle; and scarcely had the sun darted its first rays on the earth when an eagle, attracted by the red cloth; swooped down upon the treasure and bore it off in his talons.