Meanings
alternative obsolete Zaara
- A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
[…] he nevertheless assures us that if it were not for imperialism we should already be able to irrigate the Sahara and the Gobi desert, and turn Siberia and the Antarctic into pleasure resorts, at the cost of 'a few hundredweight of uranium and thorium'.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 436Synonyms: Zaara
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
Origin
- Arabicصَحَارَى“deserts”
- EnglishSahara
From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Sahara
- Saharadesert
Arabic الصَّحْرَاء الْكُبْرَى
- الصَّحْرَاء الْكُبْرَى (aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ al-kubrā)desert
Basque Sahara
- Saharadesert
Bengali সাহারা
- সাহারা (śahara)desert
Bulgarian Саха́ра
- Саха́ра (Sahára)desert
Catalan Sàhara
- Sàharadesert
Chinese Mandarin 撒哈拉
- 撒哈拉 (Sāhālā, Sǎhālā)desert
Czech Sahara
- Saharadesert
Danish Sahara
- Saharadesert
Dutch Sahara
- Saharadesert
Esperanto Saharo
- Saharodesert
Estonian Sahara
- Saharadesert
Finnish Sahara
- Saharadesert
French Sahara
- Saharadesert
German Sahara
- Saharadesert
Greek Σαχάρα
- Σαχάρα (Sachára)desert
Hebrew סָהָרָה
- סָהָרָה (sahara)desert
Hindi सहारा
- सहारा (sahārā)desert
Hungarian Szahara
- Szaharadesert
Icelandic Sahara
- Saharadesert
Indonesian Gurun Sahara
- Gurun Saharadesert
Irish An Sahára
- An Saháradesert
Italian Sahara
- Saharadesert
Japanese サハラ
- サハラdesert
Korean 사하라
- 사하라desert
Latin Sahāra
- Sahāradesert
Latvian Sahāra
- Sahāradesert
Lithuanian Sachara
- Sacharadesert
Malay Gurun Sahara
- Gurun Saharadesert
Norwegian Bokmål Sahara
- Saharadesert
Persian صحرای بزرگ, صحرای بزرگ آفریقا
- صحرای بزرگ (sahrâ-ye bozorg)desert
- صحرای بزرگ آفریقا (sahrâ-ye bozorg-e âfriqâ)desert
Polish Sahara
- Saharadesert
Portuguese Saara, Sara
- Saaradesert
- Saradesert
Punjabi ਸਹਾਰਾ
- ਸਹਾਰਾ (sahārā)desert
Romanian Sahara
- Saharadesert
Russian Саха́ра
- Саха́ра (Saxára)desert
Slovak Sahara
- Saharadesert
Spanish Sáhara, Sahara
- Sáharadesert
- Saharadesert
Swahili Sahara
- Saharadesert
Swedish Sahara
- Saharadesert
Tagalog Sahara
- Saharadesert
Tamil சகாரா
- சகாரா (cakārā)desert
Thai ซาฮารา
- ซาฮารา (saa-haa-raa)desert
Turkish Büyük Sahra
- Büyük Sahradesert
Ukrainian Саха́ра
- Саха́ра (Saxára)desert
Urdu صَحْرائے اَعْظَم
- صَحْرائے اَعْظَم (sahrā-e a'zam)desert
Vietnamese Xa-ha-ra
- Xa-ha-radesert
Yiddish סאַהאַראַ
- סאַהאַראַ (sahara)desert
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Sahara
Cite this entry
Sahara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sahara
“Sahara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sahara. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sahara,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sahara.
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