saharan
part of speech
adjective (Saharan, more Saharan — rare); noun (a Saharan, Saharans — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) Saharan means belonging to or coming from the Sahara, the huge hot desert in North Africa. tree →
2) Saharan can describe weather or places that are very hot and dry, like the Sahara. tree →
3) (rare) A Saharan is a person who lives in the Sahara. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography lessons it tells you about the Sahara Desert: its sand dunes, camels, oases and dust storms; in science it comes up with dust, heat and dry climates; in everyday talk «Saharan heat» means an extremely hot day; phrases: Saharan dust, Saharan Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Saharan heat.
examples
- Camels can walk for days across the Saharan sand. tree →
- Saharan dust sometimes blows all the way to Britain and makes cars dusty. tree →
- The Saharan sun is fierce at midday. tree →
- Many countries in sub-Saharan Africa lie south of the desert. tree →
- Our classroom felt Saharan after the heating broke and stayed on full. tree →
- We drew a map of the Saharan oases in geography. tree →
- Saharan nights can be surprisingly cold. tree →
note
Usually written with a capital S because it comes from the name Sahara. «Sub-Saharan» means the parts of Africa south of the Sahara. The Sahara is not the biggest desert of all if you count cold deserts: Antarctica is bigger. Do not confuse with «Sahara» (the noun, the desert itself).
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «saharan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.