saharan
Britishnoun
adjective
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relating to or belonging to this group of languages
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of or relating to the Sahara
Example Sentences
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A man has died near Athens as a storm hits parts of Greece with gale-force winds and flooding, while a Saharan dust storm enveloped the island of Crete.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
As the storm tracked eastward into the western Mediterranean, it drew up warm southerly winds from North Africa, lifting fine Saharan dust high into the atmosphere.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
In the 1990s, he even introduced a herd of scimitar-horned oryxes, as part of a conservation effort to protect the endangered Saharan antelope.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
Earlier theories that Saharan dust carried iron that could stimulate algae growth did not match biomass records.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025
Throughout most of human history it was far more accessible to Eurasia than were the Americas, but the Saharan desert is still a major ecological barrier separating sub-Saharan Africa from Eurasia plus North Africa.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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