Dahna

American  

[dah-nuh, -huh-nuh] / ˈdɑ nə, -hə nə /

noun

1. an area in the northeastern Rubʿ al Khali desert, comprising a region of east central Saudi Arabia.

2. Rubʿ al Khali.

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Dahna British  

/ ˈdɑːxnɑː /

noun

1. a desert area in central Saudi Arabia, to the N of the Rub` al Khali (Empty Quarter)

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Example Sentences

In August, Dahna Goldstein, a 44-year-old entrepreneur and mother of one, was feeling frustrated.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2018

HADRAMUT, a district on the south coast of Arabia, bounded W. by Yemen, E. by Oman and N. by the Dahna desert.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

East of Nejd a strip of sandy desert 50 m. in width extends almost continuously from the great Nafud to the Dahna.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Then is it not easy for me to say that I come from a distant part of the Great Dahna?

From Khaled, A Tale of Arabia by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

Dahna Desert, the central division of the Arabian Desert.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin