Kalahari

//ˌkɑləˈhɑɹi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Kgalagadi alt-of, alternative
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A large desert in Southern Africa, including much of Botswana, and part of Namibia and Northern Cape, South Africa.

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kalahari desertkalahari desert

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"Craig remembered seeing indigenous San bushmen ply their tracking skills in southern Africa’s Central Kalahari Desert 20 years earlier."

Etymology

An adapted borrowing of Tswana Kgalagadi (literally “thirst of infamous nature”). Doublet of Kgalagadi.

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