Top 7 Fun Facts About The Sahara Desert

Its name is derived from an Arabic word

The name of the desert, “Sahara,” doesn’t contain a lot of mystery. It’s simply a variation of the translation of the Arabic word for desert which is “ṣaḥra.” Because the Sahara consists of multiple different desert areas, the plural version was used which is “ṣaḥārā,” a word that translates to “deserts.”

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