Libyan Desert

American  

noun

1. a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).

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Libyan Desert British  

noun

1. a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and the NW Sudan: the NE part of the Sahara

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Libyan Desert

In 1932, cinema audiences were amazed to see the exploits of another young army officer, Ralph Bagnold, journeying thousands of miles across the Libyan Desert in a car.

From BBC ● May 26, 2017

After training, he was given an unfamiliar Gloster Gladiator and wrong directions to fly to a base in the Libyan Desert.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Madagascar to the Libyan Desert a single battle is being fought: the battle to keep Africa open as the supply crossroads of the United Nations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over the grey Libyan Desert the air quivered in the peak heat of the early hot season.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw the Libyan Desert, where nomads tend their camels as they did a thousand years ago.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins