Meanings
nounsemidesert (plural semideserts)
plural semideserts · alternative semi-desert
- A semiarid region, approaching desert conditions.
The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos as a volatile mix of rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control a vast and unforgiving stretch of semidesert that straddles the two troubled countries.
2008 February 11, Lydia Polgreen, “Attacks Pushing Darfur Refugees Into Chad”, in New York Times
Origin
Translations
Czech polopoušť
- polopoušťsemiarid region, approaching desert
Finnish puoliaavikko
- puoliaavikkosemiarid region, approaching desert
German Halbwüste
- Halbwüstesemiarid region, approaching desert
Italian semideserto, subdeserto
- semidesertosemiarid region, approaching desert
- subdesertosemiarid region, approaching desert
Norwegian Bokmål halvørken
- halvørkensemiarid region, approaching desert
Polish półpustynia
- półpustyniasemiarid region, approaching desert
Romanian semideșert
- semideșertsemiarid region, approaching desert
Russian полупусты́ня
- полупусты́ня (polupustýnja)semiarid region, approaching desert
Spanish semidesierto
- semidesiertosemiarid region, approaching desert
Cite this entry
APA
semidesert. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidesert
MLA
“semidesert.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidesert. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “semidesert,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/semidesert.
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