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サハラ Japanese meaning | Kotomora

サハラ

サ

ハ

ラ

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

Sahara

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the Sahara Desert. Usually written in katakana.

サハラ砂さ漠ばくは世せ界かい最さい大だいの砂さ漠ばくです。
The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world.

Written forms

サハラUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the Sahara. It is usually written in kana.
撒哈拉さはら
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)rarely-used kanji form
Ateji (phonetic) kanji form; rarely used. It is a rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

撒scatter, sprinkle, give them the slip
哈

school of fish, fish's mouth moving, exhaling sound

拉Latin, kidnap, crush

Etymology

From Arabic ṣaḥrā' (desert).