Kalahari

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

/ ˌkɑ ləˈhɑr i, ˌkæl ə- /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Kalahari

kakistocracy, Kakogawa, kal., kala-azar, Kalaburagi, Kalahari, Kalais, Kalakh, Kalam, kalamata olive, Kalamazoo

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How to use Kalahari in a sentence

The Kalahari Bushmen of southern Africa continue to resist being turned into farmers and herders.
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In Rationality, I emphasized the rationality of the San, formerly called the Bushman, the hunter-gatherers in the Kalahari, to show that it is not that they’re devoid of logic or probabilistic thinking.
Steven Pinker Has His Reasons - Issue 108: Change|Brian Gallagher|November 17, 2021|Nautilus
Ostrich eggshell pieces found at the Kalahari site could have been discarded after a meal, he says.
Stone Age culture bloomed inland, not just along Africa’s coasts|Bruce Bower|March 31, 2021|Science News
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

That would be a trudge to take time, indeed; harder than crossing the Kalahari (Note 4) itself.
The Vee-Boers|Mayne Reid
Summoned to surrender, Morenga fled into the Kalahari Desert.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7|Various
It is exactly the same as we found in the Kalahari Desert, in digging sucking places for water for our oxen.
The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868|David Livingstone
At another time, Warley would have hesitated before going in search of a stranger in so wild a region as that of the Kalahari.
Hair-Breadth Escapes|H.C. Adams
Livingstone believed that water existed in the Kalahari at no great depth below the surface.
The World and Its People: Book VII|Anna B. Badlam

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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