Sudan (region)
A BROAD REGION OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA RECKONED AS THE LAND OF THE BLACKS AND HISTORICALLY PLACED IN THE SAHEL BETWEEN THE SAHARA AND THE GUINEA COAST
The Land of the Blacks; Bilad el-Sudan; Bilad as-Sudan; Bilâd as-sûdân; Sudan region; Western Sudan; Sudan (region; Bilad al-Sudan; Bilād al-Sūdān; West Sudan; Sudanian region
Sudan is the geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to Central and Eastern Africa. The name derives from the Arabic (), or "the lands of the Blacks", referring to West Africa and northern Central Africa..