Kalahari

[ kah-luh-hahr-ee, kal-uh- ]

/ ˌkɑ ləˈhɑr i, ˌkæl ə- /

noun

a desert region in SW Africa, largely in Botswana. 100,000 sq. mi. (259,000 sq. km).

Example sentences from the Web for kalahari

I know from being in the Kalahari Desert there is no quiet like being in that place.

TV's New Mystery Woman |Rachel Syme |March 19, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
On the west it has for its boundary the country which gradually merges into the Kalahari Desert.

The World and Its People: Book VII |Anna B. Badlam
It is now almost extinct south of the Limpopo, but it is plentiful in the Kalahari.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various
The great Kalahari desert, of which Livingstone has given so full an account, lay between them and the lake.

The Personal Life Of David Livingstone |William Garden Blaikie

Your friend cannot have had much experience of the Kalahari, or he would have detected it at once.

Hair-Breadth Escapes |H.C. Adams
Fruits similar to those which are here found on trees are found on the plains of the Kalahari, growing on mere herbaceous plants.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa |David Livingstone

British Dictionary definitions for kalahari

Kalahari

/ (ˌkæləˈhɑːrɪ) /

noun

the Kalahari an extensive arid plateau of South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana. Area: 260 000 sq km (100 000 sq miles) Also known as: the Kalahari Desert

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