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Saharan

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/səˈhɑːrən/

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Saharan /səˈhɑːrən/ n

a group of languages spoken in parts of Chad and adjacent countries, now generally regarded as forming a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family

adj

relating to or belonging to this group of languages
of or relating to the Sahara

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

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.

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

Diaspora - Maasai - Niger - sub-Saharan - Timbuktu - Western Sahara - Central Sudanic - Djerma - Eastern Sudanic - Kalambo Falls - Kanuri - Negro - Nilo-Saharan - Nilotic - Nubian - trans-Saharan - Songhai

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