Sahara

See also: Sàhara, saħara, and Sahāra

English

Etymology

From Arabic صَحَارَى‎ (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /səˈhɑːɹə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /səˈhɛəɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːrə

Proper noun

Sahara

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

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Sahara f

  1. Sahara (desert)

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.a.ʁa/
  • Rhymes: -a

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara

German

Etymology

From the same Arabic source as the English word Sahara.

Proper noun

Sahara f

  1. Sahara (desert in Africa)

Derived terms

  • Saharastaub

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحْرَاء‎ (ṣaḥrāʾ, “desert”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈara/, [s̪äˈäː.r̺ä]
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧hà‧ra

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara

Derived terms

Latin

Proper noun

Sahāra f (genitive Sahārae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Sahara

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Sahāra
genitive Sahārae
dative Sahārae
accusative Sahāram
ablative Sahārā
vocative Sahāra
locative Sahārae

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈxara/
  • audio(file)

Proper noun

Sahara f

  1. Sahara (desert in Africa)

Declension

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara (desert)

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic صَحَارَى‎ (ṣaḥārā).

Proper noun

Sahara

  1. Sahara (desert)
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