Alternative Names for South Sudan

I was looking for this a few days ago.
I recall reading that the biblical Cush or ancient Kush was one of about a dozen proposed names, along with the Equatorial Republic, the Republic of the Nile, and the more obvious New Sudan. Also Imatong, after the mountain range.
 
When we achieved independence, we told ourselves that you can’t get more ineffective government than Sudan.
That son is how we came to call this land Holdmybeer.
 
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