Kalahari
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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In her humble home on the red soil of the Green Kalahari, 92-year-old Katrina Esau listened intently as her two great-grandchildren practised the ancient N|uu language of South Africa's indigenous San people.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
They proposed that Americans see the illusion only because of their overexposure to carpentry—straight lines and sharp angles that are present in urban environments and the Müller-Lyer figure, but are less prevalent in the Kalahari.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2025
However, forty years ago, only two large intact wildebeest migrations remained in Africa: the famed Great Migration of the Serengeti-Mara and one in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2024
Rain accumulates in the Angolan highlands, eventually flowing down into the main channel of the Okavango River in Namibia before spilling out across the Kalahari sands of northern Botswana.
From National Geographic • Oct. 2, 2023
“Rex Lawson is a true Nigerian. He does not cleave to his Kalahari tribe; he sings in all our major languages. That’s original—and certainly reason enough to like him,” Miss Adebayo said.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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