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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Sa·har·a       [suh-har-uh, -hair-uh, -hahr-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a desert in N Africa, extending from the Atlantic to the Nile valley. ab. 3,500,000 sq. mi. (9,065,000 sq. km).
2.any arid waste.
Sa·har·an, Sa·har·i·an, adjective
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Sa·har·a       (sə-hâr'ə, -hār'ə, -hä'rə)  Pronunciation Key 


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A vast desert of northern Africa extending east from the Atlantic coast to the Nile Valley and south from the Atlas Mountains to the region of the Sudan. During the Ice Age (about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago), the Sahara was a region of extensive shallow lakes watering large areas of vegetation, most of which had disappeared by Roman times. Introduction of the camel (probably in the first century A.D.) led to occupation by nomadic tribes who moved from oasis to oasis in search of water.

Sa·har'an adj. & n.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Sahara 
1613, from Ar. çahra "desert" (pl. çahara), according to Klein, "prop. fem. of the adj. asharu 'yellowish red,' used as a noun."

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sahara

noun
the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Sahara

Desert in northern Africa.

Note: At approximately 3.5 million square miles, it is the world's largest desert.

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