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Danakil

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[dan-uh-kil, -keel, duh-nah-keel] / ˈdæn ə kɪl, -ˌkil, dəˈnɑ kil /

noun

Danakils, plural Danakil plural
  1. Afar.


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We had to give up on our GPS instruments in Danakil.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2023

The explorer Thesiger talked about the scorpions during his Danakil travels.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2017

In the Danakil, a desert in Ethiopia, I felt this very real sense of nowhere, as if I were suspended in time.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

Foreigners who venture out into the area usually include researchers, aid workers and about 500 adventure tourists each year visiting geographical wonders such as the Danakil Depression, with ancient salt mines and volcanoes.

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2012

Danakil, dan′a-kil, n. the name given to the numerous nomad and fisher tribes on the coast of North-east Africa.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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