See also: sahara, Sàhara, Sahāra, and Saharą

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From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, deserts).

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the Sahara

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

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Sahara f (relational adjective saharský)

  1. Sahara (desert)

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Dutch

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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.

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

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Sahara n

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

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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< Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā)

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

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Sahara

  1. the Sahara

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Inflection of Sahara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Sahara
genitive Saharan
partitive Saharaa
illative Saharaan
singular plural
nominative Sahara
accusative nom. Sahara
gen. Saharan
genitive Saharan
partitive Saharaa
inessive Saharassa
elative Saharasta
illative Saharaan
adessive Saharalla
ablative Saharalta
allative Saharalle
essive Saharana
translative Saharaksi
abessive Saharatta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Sahara (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Saharani
accusative nom. Saharani
gen. Saharani
genitive Saharani
partitive Saharaani
inessive Saharassani
elative Saharastani
illative Saharaani
adessive Saharallani
ablative Saharaltani
allative Saharalleni
essive Saharanani
translative Saharakseni
abessive Saharattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Saharasi
accusative nom. Saharasi
gen. Saharasi
genitive Saharasi
partitive Saharaasi
inessive Saharassasi
elative Saharastasi
illative Saharaasi
adessive Saharallasi
ablative Saharaltasi
allative Saharallesi
essive Saharanasi
translative Saharaksesi
abessive Saharattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Saharamme
accusative nom. Saharamme
gen. Saharamme
genitive Saharamme
partitive Saharaamme
inessive Saharassamme
elative Saharastamme
illative Saharaamme
adessive Saharallamme
ablative Saharaltamme
allative Saharallemme
essive Saharanamme
translative Saharaksemme
abessive Saharattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Saharanne
accusative nom. Saharanne
gen. Saharanne
genitive Saharanne
partitive Saharaanne
inessive Saharassanne
elative Saharastanne
illative Saharaanne
adessive Saharallanne
ablative Saharaltanne
allative Saharallenne
essive Saharananne
translative Saharaksenne
abessive Saharattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Saharansa
accusative nom. Saharansa
gen. Saharansa
genitive Saharansa
partitive Saharaansa
inessive Saharassaan
Saharassansa
elative Saharastaan
Saharastansa
illative Saharaansa
adessive Saharallaan
Saharallansa
ablative Saharaltaan
Saharaltansa
allative Saharalleen
Saharallensa
essive Saharanaan
Saharanansa
translative Saharakseen
Saharaksensa
abessive Saharattaan
Saharattansa
instructive
comitative

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Borrowed from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, desert).

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Sahara m

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

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German

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Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, deserts).

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

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

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  • 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.

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Further reading

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

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From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, desert).

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Sahara m

  1. Sahara

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

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Sahāra f sg (genitive Sahārae); first declension

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

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Sahāra
genitive Sahārae
dative Sahārae
accusative Sahāram
ablative Sahārā
vocative Sahāra
locative Sahārae

Polish

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Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

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

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Sahara f

  1. Sahara (a desert in Africa)

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adjective

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  • Sahara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Sahara m

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

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

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Sàhara f (Cyrillic spelling Са̀хара)

  1. Sahara

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

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Sahara m

  1. Sahara (desert)

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Swahili

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Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

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Sahara

  1. Sahara (desert)