بورتسودان

Arabic

Alternative forms

• بُورْت سُودَان (būrt sūdān), بُورْسُودَان (būrsūdān), بُور سُودَان (būr sūdān)

Etymology

The British colonial government decided in 1900 to build a new main port on the place of the mere anchorage مَرْسَى الشَّيْخ بَرْغُوت (marsā š-šayḵ barḡūt), which was ultimately opened for passenger and goods transport on the 20th of March 1909, to replace سَوَاكِن (sawākin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːrtsuː.daːn/

Proper noun

بُورْتْسُودَان • (būrtsūdān) m

1. Port Sudan (a city in Sudan)

Declension

Declension of noun بُورْتْسُودَان (būrtsūdān)

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	بُورْتْسُودَان būrtsūdān	—
Nominative	—	بُورْتْسُودَانُ būrtsūdānu	—
Accusative	—	بُورْتْسُودَانَ būrtsūdāna	—
Genitive	—	بُورْتْسُودَانَ būrtsūdāna	—