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Sahara

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/səˈhɑːrə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sə har′ə, -hâr′ə, -här′ə)

Sa•har•a (sə har′ə, -hâr′ə, -här′ə),USA pronunciation n.

Place Namesa desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. ab. 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
any arid waste.

Sa•har′an, Sa•har′i•an, adj.

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Sahara /səˈhɑːrə/ n

a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Red Sea and from the Mediterranean to central Mali, Niger, Chad, and 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)

'Sahara' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Africa - Aïr - Algeria - Atlas Mountains - Bedouin - Biskra - bushbaby - duiker - El Aaiún - erg - Fezzan - harmattan - Hausa - klipspringer - Libyan Desert - Mauritania - Morocco - Negroid - North Africa - oribi - Qattara Depression - reedbuck - Río de Oro - Roman Empire - Saharan - seif dune - Spanish Sahara - Spanish West Africa - Spanish West African - sub-Saharan - Sudan - Tafilelt - Tibesti - Tunisia - Western Sahara - Aterian - Berber - Dakhla - desert - Negro - Nilo-Saharan - Polisario - torrid - trans-Sahara - Tuareg - Saguia el Hamra - Sahel

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hotter than a June bride riding bareback <buck naked> in the middle of the Sahara
look north to Europe and southward at the Sahara
Sahara people
the company would supply a power plant (...) in Western Sahara, under an engineering contract - comm
the Sahara desert [definite article]
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