Saharanadj.n.
/səˈhɑːrən/, U.S. /səˈhɛrən/, /səˈhɑrən/ A. adj.
Of or characteristic of the Sahara.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert
barren1377
desert1393
bleaka1552
blunt1553
foodless1581
bleach1598
landless1606
desertuous1632
bald1642
bleaky1687
parsimonious1713
Saharan1849
deserty1891
Saharic1892
Saharian1897
desertic1936
scalded1936
1849 M. Arnold Consolation viii Saharan sand-winds Sear'd his keen eyeballs.
1860 All Year Round 6 Oct. 606 We were to have one of the hottest days of a Saharan summer.
B. n.
a. One of a group of languages spoken in the eastern Saharan region.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Nilo-Saharan languages > [noun] > Saharan
Saharan1963
Kanuri1966
1963 J. H. Greenberg Lang. Afr. vi. 130 To the..grouping which consists of Songhai, Saharan, Maban, Fur and Coman in addition to Chari-Nile, the name Nilo-Saharan is given.
b. A member of a people living in the Sahara, spec. native to or inhabiting the former Spanish Sahara on the Atlantic coast.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of North Africa > native or inhabitant of other regions > [noun]
Numidian?a1425
Nubianc1450
Massylian1606
catadupes1607
Mauritanian1607
Marmarican1627
Niam-Niam1861
Watusi1863
Zande1873
Twa1878
Tutsi1929
Cyrenaican1942
Ubangi1953
Chadian1960
Saharan1970
Sahrawi1976
1970 Daily Tel. 30 June 16 The men from the Spanish Sahara, known as ‘Saharans’, now in Egypt have two main objectives.
1975 N.Y. Times 8 Nov. 26/2 The referendum under international supervision, recommended by a United Nations commission, will be difficult to conduct fairly among mostly illiterate and nomadic Saharans.
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