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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic شَبَكَة (šabaka, “net”), after the net-like structure of the wadis.
Pronunciation
Noun
chebka f (uncountable)
- a dry, rocky, deeply eroded region at the edge of the Sahara; shebka
1902, Jean Brunhes, L'irrigation: Ses condition géographiques, ses modes et son organisation dans la péninsule ibérique et dans l'Afrique du nord, page 225:La région des daïa est séparée du grand Erg par une grande carapace calcaire qui constitue la Chebka: cette plate-forme crétacique a été érodée et travaillée par les eaux surtout dans le Nord-Ouest au point de paraitre comme d écoupée en séries confuses et irrégulières de ravins encaissé que les indigènes ont naturellement comparées au réseau enchevêtré d’un filet : le mot Chebka signifie filet.- The Daïa region is separated from the Great Erg by a large calcareous shell which constitutes the chebka
Usage notes
- Chebka is sometimes capitalized, as in English one may refer to badlands (another form of deeply eroded terrain) and the Badlands (a specific region of badlands in the Great Plains).