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Suakin meaning

A port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea.

Using Suakin

  • The main meaning on this page is: A port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea.

Context around Suakin

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

told 1× fall 1×

Sentence patterns with Suakin

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

port of suakin being laid 1× suakin was an 1× that made suakin fall into 1× workers from suakin told radio 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

suakin was an 1× the port lost 1× workers from suakin 1×

Common sentence endings:

being laid off 1× flow of history 1× to port sudan 1×

Words around Suakin

Just before it in the word index:

suad 2 suaalii 16 sua 21 su 860 stz 17 styx 37

Just after it in the word index:

suale 5 suam 4 suame 5 suan 9 suansing 2 suar 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Suakin

  • In this selection, "suakin" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, told and fall stand out and add context to how "suakin" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include port of suakin being laid and suakin was an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "suakin" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with suakin

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Suakin was an important port on the Red Sea during the Ottoman occupation of Sudan, but has since lost importance to Port Sudan. (23 words)

Workers from Suakin told Radio Dabanga that the transfer of the ships to Port Sudan would lead to hundreds of workers in the port of Suakin being laid-off. (29 words)

The port lost its importance when Lord Cromer, consul-general of Egypt, ordered the construction of Port Sudan to the north, a move that made Suakin fall into disuse and forgotten by the flow of history. (36 words)

Longer example sentences

The port lost its importance when Lord Cromer, consul-general of Egypt, ordered the construction of Port Sudan to the north, a move that made Suakin fall into disuse and forgotten by the flow of history. (36 words)

Workers from Suakin told Radio Dabanga that the transfer of the ships to Port Sudan would lead to hundreds of workers in the port of Suakin being laid-off. (29 words)

Suakin was an important port on the Red Sea during the Ottoman occupation of Sudan, but has since lost importance to Port Sudan. (23 words)

Example sentences (3)

Workers from Suakin told Radio Dabanga that the transfer of the ships to Port Sudan would lead to hundreds of workers in the port of Suakin being laid-off.

Suakin was an important port on the Red Sea during the Ottoman occupation of Sudan, but has since lost importance to Port Sudan.

The port lost its importance when Lord Cromer, consul-general of Egypt, ordered the construction of Port Sudan to the north, a move that made Suakin fall into disuse and forgotten by the flow of history.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "suakin" in a sentence?
An example: "Workers from Suakin told Radio Dabanga that the transfer of the ships to Port Sudan would lead to hundreds of workers in the port of Suakin being laid-off." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "suakin" from authentic English texts.
What does "suakin" mean?
Suakin means: A port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea.
How many example sentences with "suakin" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "suakin", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.