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Sahara

[ suh-har-uh, -hair-uh, -hahr-uh ]

noun

  1. a desert in northern Africa, extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Nile valley. About 3,500,000 square miles (9,065,000 square kilometers).
  2. any arid waste.


Sahara

/ əˈɑːə /

noun

  1. a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea and from the Mediterranean to central Mali, Niger, Chad, and the Sudan: the largest desert in the world, occupying over a quarter of Africa; rises to over 3300 m (11 000 ft) in the central mountain system of the Ahaggar and Tibesti massifs; large reserves of iron ore, oil, and natural gas. Area: 9 100 000 sq km (3 500 000 sq miles). Average annual rainfall: less than 254 mm (10 in.). Highest recorded temperature: 58°C (136.4°F)
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Sahara

  1. Desert in northern Africa .
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Notes

At approximately 3.5 million square miles, it is the world's largest desert.
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Other Word Forms

  • ·󲹰a ·󲹰i· adjective
  • ٰԲ-·󲹰a adjective
  • trans-·󲹰a adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Sahara1

From Arabic ṣaḥr (plural ṣaḥār ) “desert”
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They soured last year when Macron announced France was recognising Moroccan sovereignty of Western Sahara and backed a plan for limited autonomy for the disputed territory.

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Set at the Tycoon Correctional Facility, Ty Dolla Sign showed up to the Sahara Tent in handcuffs and a face mask.

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Alok will perform on Saturday, April 12 and April 19, at 4:10 p.m. on the Sahara stage.

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The following year, he ran the legendary Marathon de Sables, a 155-mile race over six days in the Sahara desert.

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The documents also implicate Libyan agents in the destruction of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1989, killing another 170 people.

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