Sahara

See also: sahara, Sàhara, Sahāra, and Saharą

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, deserts).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈhɑːɹə/
  • (file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /səˈhɑɹə/, /səˈhɛɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -ɛəɹə

Proper noun

the Sahara

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

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsaɦara]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ara

Proper noun

Sahara f (related adjective saharský)

  1. Sahara (desert)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Sahara in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Sahara in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Sahara in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sahara n

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

References

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, desert).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sahara m

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

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, deserts).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaˈhaːʁa/
  • (file)

Proper noun

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

  1. 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

Derived terms

  • Saharadurchquerung, Saharanomade, Saharasand, Saharastaub

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, desert).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈa.ra/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧hà‧ra

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara

Derived terms

References

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

Latin

Proper noun

Sahāra f sg (genitive Sahārae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sahāra
Genitive Sahārae
Dative Sahārae
Accusative Sahāram
Ablative Sahārā
Vocative Sahāra
Locative Sahārae

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sahara f

  1. Sahara (a desert in Africa)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • Saharyjczyk
  • Saharyjka

Further reading

  • Sahara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sahara m

  1. Sahara (desert)

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Sahara

  1. Sahara (desert)
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