Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Saharic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad
- adjective of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert
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Examples
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We can still expect an interesting and lively hurricane season in 2006, it is slow getting started owing to the so-called saharan air layer that is persisting longer into the summer than ususal.
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IMAGE: concentrating solar power, concentrating solar trough, saharan solar project, desertec, europe
World’s Largest Solar Project Planned for Saharan Desert Concentrating Solar Trough – Inhabitat 2009
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It includes people with Caucasion, Sub-saharan-African, and Indian backgrounds, as well as the Arabian peninsula.
Matthew Yglesias » Irony Watch: Islamic Solidarity Games Break Down Over Gulf Naming Dispute 2010
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It includes people with Caucasion, Sub-saharan-African, and Indian backgrounds, as well as the Arabian peninsula.
Matthew Yglesias » Irony Watch: Islamic Solidarity Games Break Down Over Gulf Naming Dispute 2010
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The French have done and still do a whole bunch of ops in sub-saharan Africa over the past century or two.
Matthew Yglesias » Do NATO Members Spend Too Little on Defense 2010
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If the United States stops guaranteeing that Israel will have a military advantage over its neighbors, stops bribing and expending resources to maintain authoritarian dictators and stops giving Israel more aid per capita than any other nation, more aid than all of sub-saharan Africa, then Israel cannot continue as “upholding and protecting” its identity as a Jewish state.
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This dismal statistic, however, compares favorably with sub-saharan Africans whose average IQ is a shockingly low 70.
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The French have done and still do a whole bunch of ops in sub-saharan Africa over the past decade or two. beejeez says:
Matthew Yglesias » Do NATO Members Spend Too Little on Defense 2010
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Last time I checked, Angola had become the largest exporter of oil from sub-saharan Africa.
Global Voices in English » Ghana: Global discussion of Obama’s visit to Ghana 2009
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Of course Catholicism has been in Haiti too, and in Sub-saharan Africa, and Central America – but nary a peep about its dismal performance in the “prosperity” tables!
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