SAHARAN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saharan mean? 

• SAHARAN (noun)
  The noun SAHARAN has 1 sense:

1. a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad

  Familiarity information: SAHARAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SAHARAN (adjective)
  The adjective SAHARAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert

  Familiarity information: SAHARAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAHARAN (noun)

Meaning:

A Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Saharan" is a kind of...):

Nilo-Saharan; Nilo-Saharan language (a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzania)

• SAHARAN (adjective)

Meaning:

Of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Sahara (the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa)