Saguia el-Hamra

proper noun

One of the two territories (the other being Río de Oro) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969.

OriginArabic السَّاقِيَة الْحَمْرَاء →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalOne of the two territories (the other being Río de Oro) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969.

Origin

  1. Arabicالسَّاقِيَة الْحَمْرَاء
  2. EnglishSaguia el-Hamra

Borrowed from Arabic السَّاقِيَة الْحَمْرَاء (as-sāqiya l-ḥamrāʔ, literally “the red rivulet”).

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