chott

American

[shot] / ʃɒt /

Or shott

noun

a shallow brackish or saline marsh or lake in N Africa, usually dry during the summer.

chott British

/ ʃɒt /

noun

a variant spelling of shott

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Etymology

Origin of chott

1970–75; < French < Arabic shaṭṭ

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chott

Just north of the chott were the U.S. troops of Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the flamingoes rising and flying over the chott, the one daily phenomenon of the desert which the woman on the roof still loved to watch.

From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Just as he came in sight of the great chott between Biskra and Touggourt, Stephen heard a sound which struck him strangely in the silence of the desert.

From The Golden Silence by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

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