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From the Mandarin word for desert, 沙漠 (shāmò, literally “sandy desert”), historically used as the proper name of the Gobi Desert.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shamo
Sha·moToday it means: Synonym of Gobi. Full definition →
Today it means: Synonym of Gobi. Full definition →
From the Mandarin word for desert, 沙漠 (shāmò, literally “sandy desert”), historically used as the proper name of the Gobi Desert.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.