Sudanese

adjective

Su·​da·​nese ˌsü-də-ˈnēz 

-ˈnēs

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the Republic of the Sudan or its people

Sudanese noun

plural Sudanese

Examples of Sudanese in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

During the Sudanese civil war, South Sudan’s elephant population plummeted from 100,000 to 5,000 over three decades, as herds of gentle bystanders got caught in the crossfire. — The Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

The suspect in the stabbing, 30–year-old Sudanese national Hadi Alodid, appeared in court Wednesday. — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Time, 10 June 2026

Tens of thousands of Sudanese civilians were killed by the RSF in massacres after the capture of the Sudanese city of El Fasher alone last year. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 9 June 2026

Protests and riots broke out in Belfast, United Kingdom, the day after a Sudanese immigrant stabbed and attempted to behead a local. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 June 2026

The recent drawings of the Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi, now ninety-two, derive their energy from the tension between suffering and pleasure. — Jonathan Lethem, The New York Review of Books, 3 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing Sudanese

• South Sudanese

Rhymes for Sudanese

• abcs
• absentees
• addressees
• adoptees
• allottees
• amputees
• antifreeze
• appellees
• appointees
• arrestees
• artistes
• assamese