Subject: Re: any idea?
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:04:23 +1100


I think it also refers to the Sudan desert. Just a guess. Maybe it's like saying
'the Alice' for Alice Springs?

g


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Subject: any idea?


| greg, do you have any idea why "Sudan,"  a country, is referred to as "the
| Sudan"?
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