Sahara

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See also: sahara, Sàhara, Sahāra, and Saharą

English

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Etymology

From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

the Sahara

  1. A desert in North Africa, the largest hot desert in the world.
    Synonym: Zaara
    Coordinate term: Nubian Desert

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sahara f (related adjective saharský)

  1. Sahara (desert)

Declension

Declension of Sahara (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Sahara
genitive Sahary
dative Sahaře
accusative Saharu
vocative Saharo
locative Sahaře
instrumental Saharou

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “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)

Dutch

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑˈɦaː.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧ha‧ra

Proper noun

Sahara n

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

References

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

French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara
    Synonym: désert du Sahara
    Hypernym: désert
    Holonym: Afrique
    Meronyms: désert de Libye, désert Libyque

Derived terms

German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. Sahara (a desert in North Africa)
    Synonym: Saharawüste

Usage notes

  • 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.

Declension

Declension of Sahara
singular
def. noun
nominative die Sahara
genitive der Sahara
dative der Sahara
accusative die Sahara

Meronyms

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Italian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Sahara in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Proper noun

Sahāra f sg (genitive Sahārae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sahāra
Genitive Sahārae
Dative Sahārae
Accusative Sahāram
Ablative Sahārā
Vocative Sahāra
Locative Sahārae

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈxa.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: Sa‧ha‧ra

Proper noun

Sahara f

  1. Sahara (a desert in Africa)

Declension

Declension of Sahara
singular
nominative Sahara
genitive Sahary
dative Saharze
accusative Saharę
instrumental Saharą
locative Saharze
vocative Saharo

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Sahara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Obsolete form of Saara.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sàhara f (Cyrillic spelling Са̀хара)

  1. Sahara

Declension

Declension of Sahara
singular
nominative Sahara
genitive Sahare
dative Sahari
accusative Saharu
vocative Saharo
locative Sahari
instrumental Saharom

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈaɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: Sa‧ha‧ra

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara (desert)

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sahara

  1. Sahara (desert)
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