Sahara
[sə'hɑ:rə;-'heə-]
Definition
(noun.) the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa.
Checker: Newman--From WordNet
Examples
- Or perhaps this IS the Desert of Sahara! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This part of the country is rich in historic reminiscences, and poor as Sahara in every thing else. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the Sahara Desert much crumbling of the rock into sand has been caused by the intense heat of the day followed by the sharp frost of night. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We needed no one to point it out--we did not wish any one to point it out--we would recognize it even in the desert of the great Sahara. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thus many artesian wells have been sunk in the Algerian Sahara which have proved an immense boon to the district. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Most of the native peoples of Africa south of the Sahara, but not all, have black or blackish skins, flat noses, thick lips, and frizzy hair. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I liked her better in the Desert of Sahara. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The gushing fountains which sparkle in the sun, must not be stopped in mere caprice; the oasis in the desert of Sahara must not be plucked up idly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I'll do anything if you'll let me stop a bit, for it's as dull as the Desert of Sahara down there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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