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Sahara.

A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/səˈhɑːɹə/Received-Pronunciation/səˈhɛɹə/General-American/səˈhæɹə/
  1. A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.

Where this word comes from

From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.