Sahara
proper nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//səˈhɑːɹə//
- United States//səˈhɛɹə//
- //səˈhæɹə//
A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
proper noun
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A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
[…] he nevertheless assures us that if it were not for imperialism we should already be able to irrigate the Sahara and the Gobi desert, and turn Siberia and the Antarctic into pleasure resorts, at the cost of 'a few hundredweight of uranium and thorium'.
Etymology
From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).
Saga · Saga Prefecture (a prefecture in western Kyushu, Japan)sage · Wise.Sage · A surname transferred from the nickname.
Sahara · A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
sahib · A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank…sai · A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental…said · Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.