# The New Name For "Southern Sudan" Should Be... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 17, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010 "2011-01-17T23:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/1 "2011-01-17T23:03:00Z")
I’ve seen a lot of article on the Internet of what name the region of “[South Sudan](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Sudan)” should be named should it vote to be independent, which is almost certain to happen. I’ve seen a list so far [ul] [li]The Nile Republic[/li][li]Cush (Kush)[/li][li]South Sudan[/li][li]Southern Sudan[/li][li]Equatoria[/li][li]New Sudan[/li][li]Juba[/li][/ul] There are a lot of others I’ve seen. So what in your opinion should the new nation be called? I don’t like the Nile Republic as it’s too long. Why not call it just “Nile.” I mean we have Niger which is also the name of the river Niger. Cush (Kush) people weren’t really affiliated with that area, but other African nations take names from peoples not close to their present areas. Equatoria was the name of a province in Sudan when Egypt/UK ruled it so that has colonial overtones to it. New Sudan? Well Old Sudan may not like it 😃 Juba, I hate when a nation just takes the name of the capital city for the name of the country. Are you listening [Djibouti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djibouti)? So what would you think would be a good name? ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/2 "2011-01-17T23:11:09Z")
Südan ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/3 "2011-01-17T23:16:03Z")
East Central African Republic? No, too derivative. There are many different languages and ethnic groups there, so you can’t pick one of those for the name. I would go for something with panache. How about The Great People’s Republic of the Territories of Bahr el Gazal, Equatoria, and the Upper Nile. Or if you like something short: Sosu (Southern Sudan) Uni (Upper Nile, also sounds like the beginning of the word “United”) UYAB (Up Yours, Al-Bashir!) how about what I see at the Wikipedia page? Janūb as-Sūdān which means, I presume, Southern Sudan ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/4 "2011-01-18T03:31:02Z")
**Nadus** **Coupe** - yes, a cut-down sudan … what? After all had **Khartoum** as it’s capital … **Susan Daniel** But from the Wikipedia article it seems to pretty clearly be headed for Southern Sudan. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/5 "2011-01-18T03:38:31Z")
_Upper_ Sudan–just to mess with people who struggle with the whole “the Nile flows from South to North” thing. (“But how can it be upper if it’s _below_ the other Sudan on the map?!?”) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/6 "2011-01-18T03:55:56Z")
Fred ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/7 "2011-01-18T03:57:46Z")
Africa already has a Chad so I recommend naming the new country Jeremy. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/8 "2011-01-18T04:31:08Z")
Obviously, Baja Sudan. ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/9 "2011-01-18T04:48:40Z")
**SoSu** - they’ve got to attract the hipsters. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/10 "2011-01-18T05:03:17Z")
Sudanistan ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/11 "2011-01-18T05:25:16Z")
Lower Victoria? Free State of Juba? White Nile Republic? Middle North East Africa? Bob? > [@MEBuckner](#): > > _Upper_ Sudan–just to mess with people who struggle with the whole “the Nile flows from South to North” thing. (“But how can it be upper if it’s _below_ the other Sudan on the map?!?”) I have that same problem with Upper Canada and Lower Canada… And I was _born_ in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/12 "2011-01-18T06:03:05Z")
Sudanabama ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/13 "2011-01-18T06:26:45Z")
Guinea Guiana. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/14 "2011-01-18T06:45:56Z")
Given the massive poverty I think we can all agree that they’re best option is to auction off naming rights to a large multinational corporation or billionaire. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/15 "2011-01-18T08:06:35Z")
Hell Samesame Nobetter Sameoldshitnewname ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/16 "2011-01-18T13:10:29Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Given the massive poverty I think we can all agree that they’re best option is to auction off naming rights to a large multinational corporation or billionaire. 🙂 I think they should just say “Screw it” and name themselves Disneyland. What’s Disney going to do? Invade? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/17 "2011-01-18T13:38:10Z")
Sudaxico. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/18 "2011-01-18T13:41:15Z")
Sudan, Sudan bo Budan, Banana fanna fo Fudan, Fee fy mo Mudan, Sudan! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/19 "2011-01-18T13:44:38Z")
“Albondiga”! ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-name-for-southern-sudan-should-be/568010/20 "2011-01-18T13:48:20Z")
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