Kalahari
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Brazil are unbeaten in five matches at the six-team Kalahari Women's T20 tournament, which is being staged entirely in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
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
These findings stem from a remarkable continuous decade-long field study of 40 family groups of sparrow weavers in the Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 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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