Sahel

English

Etymology

From Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil, “border of the desert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈhɛl/

Proper noun

Sahel

1. A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.
2. One of the six regions of Tunisia, in the central east part of the country

Derived terms

• Sahelian

Related terms

• Swahili

Translations

A region in Africa

• Armenian: Սահել (Sahel)
• Esperanto: Sahelo
• Georgian: საჰელი (saheli)
• German: Sahelzone (de) f, Sahel (de) m
• Greek: Σαχέλ (Sachél)
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• Japanese: サヘル (Saheru)
• Korean: 사헬 (sahel)
• Portuguese: Sael m, Sahel (pt) m
• Russian: Сахель (Saxelʹ)
• Thai: ซาเฮล

Anagrams

• Hales, Heals, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, leash, selah, shale, sheal

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German

Etymology

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic

Proper noun

Sahel m (genitive Sahel or Sahels)

1. Sahel

Synonyms

• Sahelzone