Sahara
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈhɑːɹə/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /səˈhɑɹə/, /səˈhɛɹə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -ɛəɹə
Proper noun
the Sahara
- A desert in North Africa, the largest hot desert in the world.
- Synonym: Zaara
Translations
desert
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Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaɦara]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ara
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ, “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/
- Hyphenation: Sa‧ha‧ra
Proper noun
Sahara n
- Sahara
- A neighbourhood of Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands.
- A neighbourhood of Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “sahara”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.a.ʁa/
- Rhymes: -a
Proper noun
Sahara m
- Sahara
- Synonym: désert du Sahara
- Holonym: Afrique
- Hypernym: désert
- Meronyms: désert de Libye, désert Libyque
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaˈhaːʁa/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
die Sahara f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Sahara)
- 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
Meronyms
- Nordsahara, Ostsahara, Südsahara, Westsahara
Derived terms
- saharisch, Subsahara
Related terms
- Saharadurchquerung, Saharanomade, Saharasand, Saharastaub
Italian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈa.ra/[1]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Hyphenation: Sa‧hà‧ra
Derived terms
Latin
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈxa.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: Sa‧ha‧ra
Declension
Declension of Sahara
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sahara |
| genitive | Sahary |
| dative | Saharze |
| accusative | Saharę |
| instrumental | Saharą |
| locative | Saharze |
| vocative | Saharo |
Portuguese
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǎxara/
- Hyphenation: Sa‧ha‧ra
Declension
Declension of Sahara
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sahara |
| genitive | Sahare |
| dative | Sahari |
| accusative | Saharu |
| vocative | Saharo |
| locative | Sahari |
| instrumental | Saharom |
Spanish
Alternative forms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
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