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[ suh-heyl, -heel ] / səˈheɪl, -ˈhil /
nounthe arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad. OTHER WORDS FROM SahelSa·hel·i·an, adjective, nounWords nearby Sahelsag wagon, Sahaptin, Sahara, Saharan, Saharanpur, Sahel, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, sahib, Sahitya Akademi, SAHM, saice Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for SahelThe stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria. Al Qaeda Comeback|Bruce Riedel|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Sahel has been degraded by human use, not natural desertification; the natural process has been the reverse. The Upside to Global Warming|Stefan Theil|August 26, 2011|DAILY BEAST The coast plain west of Algiers, the Sahel properly called, is in strong contrast with the cultivated plain of the Mitidja. In the Land of Mosques & Minarets|Francis Miltoun From 1861 onward, Fromentin deserted the Sahara in favour of Sahel, exchanged the consuming heat of summer for a milder sunshine.
The valley of the river Sahel is full of boars, and panthers and monkeys abound in the neighboring spurs of the Zouaouas. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science|Various In the Sahel, the prevailing east winds drive the sand-ocean with a progressive westward motion. Man and Nature|George P. Marsh The children of the Sahel do not injure their guests; I have travelled since morning fasting; hunger will make the fawn brave. The Arab's Pledge|Edward L. Mitford
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