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Sahara
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sahara Sàhara Sahāra Saharą
English
Alternative forms
en Zaara obsolete
Etymology
From en ar صَحَارَى deserts. en ar ص ح ر
Pronunciation
en /səˈhɑːɹə/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sahara.wav Southern England
en /səˈhɛɹə/ GA
en /səˈhæɹə/ non-Mary-marry-merry
en ɑːɹə ɛəɹə 3
en Sa har a
Proper noun
the Sahara
en Q6583 en A <<desert>> mostly in <<r/North Africa>> and the largest hot desert in the world.
en Zaara
en Nubian Desert
en 1978 Kołakowski Leszek Leszek Kołakowski w:Main Currents of Marxism III: The Breakdown pl Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład P[aul] S[teven] Falla 1976 w:Clarendon Press w:Oxford 9780198245704 59183135 436 https://archive.org/details/maincurrentsofma00kola/page/436 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'.
Derived terms
en Saharic Sahara pump theory sub-Sahara Saharan Saharo-
Translations
desert
Afrikaans: af Sahara
Albanian: sq Sahara f indefinite, sq Saharaja f definite
Amharic: am ሰሐራ
Arabic: ar الصَّحْرَاء الْكُبْرَى f
Armenian: hy Սահարա
Asturian: ast El Sáḥara
Azerbaijani: az Böyük Səhra
Basque: eu Sahara
Belarusian: be Саха́ра f
Bengali: bn সাহারা
Bulgarian: bg Саха́ра f
Burmese: my ဆဟာရ
Catalan: ca Sàhara m
Cherokee: chr ᏌᎭᏩ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 撒哈拉 Sāhālā, Sǎhālā
Czech: cs Sahara f
Danish: da Sahara c
Dhivehi: dv ސަހަރާ
Dutch: nl Sahara f
Esperanto: eo Saharo
Estonian: et Sahara
Faroese: fo Sahara m
Finnish: fi Sahara
French: fr Sahara m
Galician: gl Sáhara m
Georgian: ka საჰარა
German: de Sahara f
Greek: el Σαχάρα f
Hebrew: he סָהָרָה f sahara
Hindi: hi सहारा m
Hungarian: hu Szahara
Icelandic: is Sahara f
Ido: io Sahara
Indonesian: id Gurun Sahara
Irish: ga An Sahára f
Italian: it Sahara m
Japanese: ja サハラ Sahara
Kannada: kn ಸಹಾರ
Kazakh: kk Сахара, kk Сақыра
Khmer: km សាហារ៉ា
Korean: ko ^사하라
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Sahara
Kyrgyz: ky Сакар
Lao: lo ຊາຮາລາ, lo ຊາຮາຣາ
Latin: la Sahāra f
Latvian: lv Sahāra f
Lithuanian: lt Sachara f
Macedonian: mk Саха́ра f
Malay: ms Gurun Sahara
Malayalam: ml സഹാറ
Maltese: mt Saħara f
Marathi: mr सहारा
Mirandese: mwl Sahara m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Сахарын цөл
Nepali: ne सहारा
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Sahara m
Nynorsk: nn Sahara m
Pashto: ps د افریقا صحرا f
Persian: fa صحرای بزرگ sahrâ-ye bozorg, fa صحرای بزرگ آفریقا sahrâ-ye bozorg-e âfriqâ
Polish: pl Sahara f
Portuguese: pt Saara m, pt Sara m
Punjabi: pa ਸਹਾਰਾ
Romanian: ro Sahara f
Russian: ru Саха́ра f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Са̀хара f
Latin: sh Sàhara f
Slovak: sk Sahara f
Slovene: sl Sahara f
Somali: so Saxara
Spanish: es Sáhara m, es Sahara m
Swahili: sw Sahara
Swedish: sv Sahara c
Tagalog: tl Sahara
Tajik: tg Саҳрои бузург
Tamil: ta சகாரா
Telugu: te సహారా
Thai: th ซาฮารา
Turkish: tr Büyük Sahra
Turkmen: tk Sahara
Ukrainian: uk Саха́ра f
Urdu: ur صَحْرائے اَعْظَم m sahrā-e a'zam
Uyghur: ug سەھرايى كەبىر
Uzbek: uz Sahroi Kabir
Vietnamese: vi Xa-ha-ra
Yiddish: yi סאַהאַראַ f
en Africa
Czech
Pronunciation
cs Cs-Sahara.ogg
cs ara
Proper noun
f saharský
en Sahara desert
Declension
f.sg
Derived terms
cs subsaharský
Further reading
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
From nl ar صَحْرَاء desert.
The area was named after the desert because its construction necessitated the use of a lot of sand to build up a foundation.
Pronunciation
nl /sɑˈɦaː.raː/
nl Nl-Sahara.ogg
nl Sa ha ra
Proper noun
n
en Sahara
nl neighbourhood c/Wageningen p/Gelderland c/Netherlands
nl neighbourhood c/Enschede p/Overijssel c/Netherlands
References
sahara
Finnish
fi:
Etymology
From fi ar صَحَارَى.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Sahara
Declension
sg Sahar a
Derived terms
fi compounds Länsi-Sahara saharanantilooppi saharangaselli
French
fr:
Etymology
fr ar صَحْرَاء desert.
Pronunciation
fr a
Proper noun
m
en Sahara
fr désert du Sahara
fr désert
fr Afrique
fr désert de Libye désert Libyque
Derived terms
fr Sahara occidental saharien
Related terms
fr Sahel
fr Africa Deserts
German
de:
Etymology
de ar صَحَارَى deserts.
de ar ص ح ر
Pronunciation
de /zaˈhaːʁa/
de De-Sahara.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
f.article
de desert r/North Africa Sahara
de Saharawüste
Usage notes
de Sahara is feminine and takes the definite article de die; compare English "the Sahara".
Very occasionally, de Sahara occurs without a definite article; in such cases a genitive de Saharas may occur. In such usages, the gender is unclear.
Declension
f.article.sg
Meronyms
de Nordsahara, de Ostsahara, de Südsahara, de Westsahara
Derived terms
de saharisch, de Subsahara
Related terms
de Saharadurchquerung, de Saharanomade, de Saharasand, de Saharastaub
Further reading
de Africa
Italian
it:
Alternative forms
it Saara
Etymology
From it ar صَحْرَاء desert.
Pronunciation
Sahàra<r:DiPI>
Proper noun
m
en Sahara
Derived terms
it sahariano
References
it Deserts
Latin
la:
Proper noun
Sahāra<1.loc>
la New Latin la major desert r/North Africa Sahara
Declension
Sahāra<1.loc>
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :bor ar:صَحَارَى + 1
Pronunciation
Pl-Sahara.ogg
Proper noun
f
pl desert cont/Africa Sahara
Declension
<f.sg>
Derived terms
pl adjective saharyjski
pl nouns Saharyjczyk Saharyjka
Further reading
pl Africa
pl exonyms
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
Saara 11 43
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
sh /sǎxara/
sh Sa ha ra
Proper noun
Sàhara f
en Sahara
Declension
Sahara Sahare Sahari Saharu Saharo Sahari Saharom
sh Deserts
Spanish
es:
Alternative forms
es Sáhara
Pronunciation
Sahara Sajara Sa.ha.ra
Proper noun
m
en Sahara desert
Derived terms
es Sahara Occidental Sahara español
es Deserts
Swahili
Etymology
sw :bor ar:صَحَارَى + 1
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Sahara.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
Sahara desert
sw Deserts
Vietnamese
vi
Etymology
Borrowed from vi fr Sahara.
Proper noun
vi Sahara Q6583
vi Xa-ha-ra
vi exonyms
vi Deserts