Sahara

• Zaara (obsolete)

From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈhɑːɹə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /səˈhɑɹə/, /səˈhɛɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -ɛəɹə

the Sahara

1. A desert in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.

   Synonym: Zaara

   Coordinate term: Nubian Desert

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaɦara]

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• Rhymes: -ara

Sahara f (relational adjective saharský)

1. Sahara (desert)

• “Sahara”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Sahara”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Sahara”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).

The area was named after the desert because its construction necessitated the use of a lot of sand to build up a foundation.

• IPA^(key): /sɑˈɦaː.raː/

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧ha‧ra

Sahara n

1. Sahara
2. a neighbourhood of Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands
3. a neighbourhood of Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “sahara”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

< Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑhɑrɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝ɦɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑhɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Sa‧ha‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): Sa‧ha‧ra

Sahara

1. the Sahara

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.a.ʁa/
• Rhymes: -a

Sahara m

1. Sahara

   Synonym: désert du Sahara

   Hypernym: désert

   Holonym: Afrique

   Meronyms: désert de Libye, désert Libyque

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).

• IPA^(key): /zaˈhaːʁa/

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die Sahara f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Sahara)

1. Sahara (a desert in North Africa)

   Synonym: Saharawüste

• Sahara is feminine and takes the definite article die; compare English "the Sahara".
• Very occasionally, Sahara occurs without a definite article; in such cases a genitive Saharas may occur. In such usages, the gender is unclear.

• Nordsahara, Ostsahara, Südsahara, Westsahara

• saharisch, Subsahara

• Saharadurchquerung, Saharanomade, Saharasand, Saharastaub

• “Sahara” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Sahara” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sahara” in Duden online

• Saara

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).

• IPA^(key): /saˈa.ra/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: Sa‧hà‧ra

Sahara m

1. Sahara

• sahariano

Sahāra f sg (genitive Sahārae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Sahara (a major desert in North Africa)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

• IPA^(key): /saˈxa.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: Sa‧ha‧ra

Sahara f

1. Sahara (a desert in Africa)

• Sahara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sahara m

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Saara.

• IPA^(key): /sǎxara/
• Hyphenation: Sa‧ha‧ra

Sàhara f (Cyrillic spelling Са̀хара)

1. Sahara

• Sáhara

• IPA^(key): /saˈaɾa/ [saˈa.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): /saˈxaɾa/ [saˈxa.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: Sa‧ha‧ra

Sahara m

1. Sahara (desert)

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

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Sahara

1. Sahara (desert)