saharian

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Sa⋅har⋅a

[suh-har-uh, -hair-uh, -hahr-uh]

–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.

Related forms:

Sa⋅har⋅an, Sa⋅har⋅i⋅an, adjective

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Sahara

Desert in northern Africa.

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

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

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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