<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A region in North Africa, south of the Sahara and Libyan Deserts, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.</li><li>Republic of the Sudan, a republic in northeastern Africa, south of Egypt and bordering on the Red Sea: a former condominium of Egypt and Great Britain.</li><li>Area: 728,215 square miles (1,886,068 square kilometers).</li><li>Capital: Khartoum.</li><li>Also called North Sudan.</li><li>Formerly Anglo-Egyptian Sudan.</li></ul>