Sahara

Sa·har·a

(sə-hâr′ə, -hăr′ə, -hä′rə)

A vast desert of northern Africa extending east from the Atlantic coast to the Red Sea and south from the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea to the Sahel. About 5,000 to 10,000 years ago, the Sahara was a region of savanna vegetation and extensive surface water, most of which had disappeared by Roman times. Introduction of the camel (probably in the first century ad) led to occupation by nomadic tribes who moved from oasis to oasis in search of water.

Sa·har′an adj. & n.

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Saharan

(səˈhɑːrən)

(Languages) a group of languages spoken in parts of Chad and adjacent countries, now generally regarded as forming a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family

adj

1. (Languages) relating to or belonging to this group of languages

2. (Placename) of or relating to the Sahara

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	Saharan - a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania
Adj.	1.	Saharan - of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert

Translations

saharien

sahariana sahariano

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Far to the south rose the dim lines of the Saharan Atlas range.

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The Police have recovered a laptop used by Saharan Hashim, also identified by some as Zahran Hashim, the suspected mastermind behind the Easter Sunday attacks.

Police recover laptop used by NTJ leader

DRIVERS in South Wales woke up yesterday morning to find their cars covered in a strange substance - which turned out to be Saharan dust.

Winds bring desert dust to cover Wales

This volume of revenue exceeds the one achieved by the whole of 2017, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Salma Elloumi Rekik said at working session held Monday in Tunis on preparations for the high season of Saharan tourism and festivals in southern Tunisia, according to a statement released by the department Tuesday.

Tunisia: tourist receipts reach more than billion TD until September 20

Meanwhile, domestic and inter-Sub Saharan African M&A totaled $3.7 billion, up 38 per cent year-on-year.

Sub Saharan M&A on the rise

Thomson Reuters has released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the Sub Saharan Africa region.

M&A SSA transactions reach $18.1 billion in H1 2017: Thomson Reuters

The stated objective of this collection of essays is to address a gap in the literature on Saharan Africa.

Bridges Across the Sahara: Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of the Trans-Sahara Trade during the 19th and 20th Centuries

The study shows how the under-served financial services markets in Sub- Saharan Africa offer vast opportunities.

Cash reigns in Africa

1409) evaluated the presence of Saharan dust on the association between different particulate matter fractions and daily mortality in Rome, Italy.

Saharan dust and daily mortality

Summary: The development of solar energy use in Saharan agriculture was highlighted as one of sustainable development objectives at a scientific symposium Sunday in Ghardaia (600 km south of Algiers).

Solar energy in Saharan agriculture, a sustainable development goal

There are thought to be fewer than 250 adult Northwest African or Saharan cheetahs, making the subspecies critically endangered, but very little is known about the cat.

Rare Saharan cheetah spotted by camera traps