Turkish Sudan; autonym Turkiyyah; Sudan under the Eyalet of Egypt, from 1820 to 1885 / Mahdist State, also known as Mahdist Sudan or the Sudanese Mahdiyya, from 1885 to 1898

Of, from, or pertaining to the country of Sudan, or the Sudanese people.

A person from Sudan or of Sudanese descent.

Happening quickly and with little or no warning. / (obsolete) Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid. / (obsolete) Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

(poetic) Suddenly.

(obsolete) An unexpected occurrence; a surprise.

Happening quickly and with little or no warning; in a sudden manner.

(set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.

(pathology) The sudden and unexplained death of an infant aged one month to one year, normally while sleeping.

(countable) Instantaneous, unexpected death not caused by violence or trauma.