"Sahara" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /səˈhɑːɹə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /səˈhɑɹə/ [General-American], /səˈhɛɹə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sahara.wav [Southern-England] Forms: the Sahara [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -ɛəɹə Etymology: From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”). Etymology templates: {{borrowed|en|ar|صَحَارَى|t=deserts}} Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”), {{root|en|ar|ص ح ر}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Sahara}} the Sahara
  1. A desert in North Africa, the largest hot desert in the world. Wikipedia link: Sahara Categories (place): Africa, Deserts Synonyms: Zaara, Zaara [obsolete] Derived forms: Saharan, Sahara pump theory, Saharo-, sub-Sahara Translations (desert): Sahara (Afrikaans), Sahara [feminine, indefinite] (Albanian), Saharaja [definite, feminine] (Albanian), ሰሐራ (säḥära) (Amharic), الصَّحْرَاء الْكُبْرَى (aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ al-kubrā) [feminine] (Arabic), Սահարա (english: Sahara) (Armenian), Böyük Səhra (Azerbaijani), Sahara (Basque), Саха́ра (Saxára) [feminine] (Belarusian), সাহারা (śahara) (Bengali), Саха́ра (Sahára) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဆဟာရ (hca.hara.) (Burmese), Sàhara [masculine] (Catalan), ᏌᎭᏩ (sahawa) (Cherokee), 撒哈拉 (Sāhālā, Sǎhālā) (Chinese Mandarin), Sahara [feminine] (Czech), Sahara [common-gender] (Danish), Sahara [feminine] (Dutch), Saharo (Esperanto), Sahara (Estonian), Sahara [masculine] (Faroese), Sahara (Finnish), Sahara [masculine] (French), Sáhara [masculine] (Galician), საჰარა (sahara) (Georgian), Sahara [feminine] (German), Σαχάρα (Sachára) [feminine] (Greek), סָהָרָה (sahara) [feminine] (Hebrew), सहारा (sahārā) [masculine] (Hindi), Szahara (Hungarian), Sahara [feminine] (Icelandic), Sahara (Ido), Gurun Sahara (Indonesian), An Sahára [feminine] (Irish), Sahara [masculine] (Italian), サハラ (english: Sahara) (Japanese), ಸಹಾರ (sahāra) (Kannada), Сахара (Saxara) (Kazakh), សាហារ៉ា (saahaaraa) (Khmer), 사하라 (english: Sahara) (Korean), Сакар (Sakar) (Kyrgyz), ຊາຮາລາ (sā hā lā) (Lao), ຊາຮາຣາ (sā hā rā) (Lao), Sahāra [feminine] (Latin), Sahāra [feminine] (Latvian), Sachara [feminine] (Lithuanian), Саха́ра (Sahára) [feminine] (Macedonian), Gurun Sahara (Malay), സഹാറ (sahāṟa) (Malayalam), Saħara [feminine] (Maltese), सहारा (sahārā) (Marathi), Sahara [masculine] (Mirandese), Сахарын цөл (Saxaryn cöl) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), सहारा (sahārā) (Nepali), Sahara (Northern Kurdish), Sahara [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Sahara [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), د افریقا صحرا [feminine] (Pashto), صحرای بزرگ (sahrâ-ye bozorg) (Persian), صحرای بزرگ آفریقا (sahrâ-ye bozorg-e âfriqâ) (Persian), Sahara [feminine] (Polish), Saara [masculine] (Portuguese), Sara [masculine] (Portuguese), ਸਹਾਰਾ (sahārā) (Punjabi), Sahara [feminine] (Romanian), Саха́ра (Saxára) [feminine] (Russian), Са̀хара [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sàhara [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sahara [feminine] (Slovak), Sahara [feminine] (Slovene), Saxara (Somali), Sáhara [masculine] (Spanish), Sahara [masculine] (Spanish), Sahara (Swahili), Sahara [common-gender] (Swedish), Sahara (Tagalog), Саҳрои бузург (Sahroyi buzurg) (Tajik), சகாரா (cakārā) (Tamil), సహారా (sahārā) (Telugu), ซาฮารา (saa-haa-raa) (Thai), Büyük Sahra (Turkish), Sahara (Turkmen), Саха́ра (Saxára) [feminine] (Ukrainian), صَحارا (sahārā) [masculine] (Urdu), صَحْرائے اَعْظَم (sahrā-e-ā'zam) [masculine] (Urdu), سەھرايى كەبىر (sehrayi kebir) (Uyghur), Sahroi Kabir (Uzbek), Xa-ha-ra (Vietnamese), סאַהאַראַ (sahara) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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          "word": "សាហារ៉ា"
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          "code": "ko",
          "english": "Sahara",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "사하라"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "code": "ky",
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sā hā lā",
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          "word": "ຊາຮາລາ"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
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          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "mk",
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          "sense": "desert",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "Gurun Sahara"
        },
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sahāṟa",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "സഹാറ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Saħara"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "sahārā",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "सहारा"
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          "code": "mwl",
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Saxaryn cöl",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Nepali",
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          "word": "सहारा"
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          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "lang": "Tajik",
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          "word": "சகாரா"
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          "roman": "sahārā",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "సహారా"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "saa-haa-raa",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "ซาฮารา"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "Büyük Sahra"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "desert",
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        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Saxára",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Саха́ра"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sahārā",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صَحارا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "sahrā-e-ā'zam",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صَحْرائے اَعْظَم"
        },
        {
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "sehrayi kebir",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "سەھرايى كەبىر"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "Sahroi Kabir"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "desert",
          "word": "Xa-ha-ra"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "sahara",
          "sense": "desert",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "סאַהאַראַ"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "/səˈhɑːɹə/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "ipa": "/səˈhɑɹə/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/səˈhɛɹə/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːɹə"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹə"
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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    {
      "word": "Sahara pump theory"
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      "word": "Saharo-"
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        "canonical"
      ]
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        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Arabic",
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        "Urdu terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Africa",
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        "A desert in North Africa, the largest hot desert in the world."
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          "North Africa#English"
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        {
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/səˈhɑɹə/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/səˈhɛɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːɹə"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛəɹə"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Saharaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "säḥära",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ሰሐራ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ al-kubrā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "الصَّحْرَاء الْكُبْرَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Sahara",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Սահարա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Böyük Səhra"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Saxára",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Саха́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śahara",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "সাহারা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Sahára",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Саха́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hca.hara.",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ဆဟာရ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sàhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "sahawa",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ᏌᎭᏩ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sāhālā, Sǎhālā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "撒哈拉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Saharo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sáhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sahara",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "საჰარა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sachára",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Σαχάρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sahara",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סָהָרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sahārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सहारा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Szahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Gurun Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "An Sahára"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "Sahara",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "サハラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "sahāra",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ಸಹಾರ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Saxara",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Сахара"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "saahaaraa",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "សាហារ៉ា"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Sahara",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "사하라"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Sakar",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Сакар"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sā hā lā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ຊາຮາລາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sā hā rā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ຊາຮາຣາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahāra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahāra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sachara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Sahára",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Саха́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Gurun Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sahāṟa",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "സഹാറ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Saħara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sahārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "सहारा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwl",
      "lang": "Mirandese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Saxaryn cöl",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Сахарын цөл"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "sahārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "सहारा"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "د افریقا صحرا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sahrâ-ye bozorg",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "صحرای بزرگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sahrâ-ye bozorg-e âfriqâ",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "صحرای بزرگ آفریقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Saara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sara"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "sahārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ਸਹਾਰਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Saxára",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Саха́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Са̀хара"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sàhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Saxara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sáhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Sahroyi buzurg",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Саҳрои бузург"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cakārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "சகாரா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sahārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "సహారా"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "saa-haa-raa",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "ซาฮารา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Büyük Sahra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Saxára",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Саха́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sahārā",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَحارا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sahrā-e-ā'zam",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَحْرائے اَعْظَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "sehrayi kebir",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "سەھرايى كەبىر"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Sahroi Kabir"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "desert",
      "word": "Xa-ha-ra"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sahara",
      "sense": "desert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סאַהאַראַ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sahara"
}

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