Sahel

Sahel

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈhɛl/[1]

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 Finnish: Sahel (fi) Georgian: საჰელი (saheli) German: Sahelzone (de) f, Sahel (de) m Greek: Σαχέλ (Sachél) Japanese: サヘル (Saheru) Korean: 사헬 (sahel) Moore: sayɛlle Portuguese: Sael m, Sahel (pt) m Russian: Сахель (Saxelʹ) Spanish: Sahel m Thai: ซาเฮล Ukrainian: Сахель m (Saxelʹ)

References

1. 2019 December 4 (last accessed) “"Sahel" on Lexico.com”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 4 December 2019:

Anagrams

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

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Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic سَاحِل‎ (sāḥil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑhel/, [ˈs̠ɑɦe̞l]
• Rhymes: -ɑhel
• Syllabification^(key): Sa‧hel

Proper noun

Sahel

1. Sahel (arid region in northern Africa, south of the Saharan desert)

Declension

Inflection of Sahel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Sahel	—
genitive		Sahelin	—
partitive		Sahelia	—
illative		Saheliin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sahel	—
accusative	nom.	Sahel	—
	gen.	Sahelin
genitive		Sahelin	—
partitive		Sahelia	—
inessive		Sahelissa	—
elative		Sahelista	—
illative		Saheliin	—
adessive		Sahelilla	—
ablative		Sahelilta	—
allative		Sahelille	—
essive		Sahelina	—
translative		Saheliksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Sahelitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Sahel (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Sahelini	Sahelimme
2nd person	Sahelisi	Sahelinne
3rd person	Sahelinsa

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German

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic سَاحِل‎ (sāḥil, “border of the desert”, literally “coast”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sahel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Sahels or Sahel)

1. Sahel (semiarid region in northern Africa)

   Synonym: Sahelzone

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈel/ [saˈel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: Sa‧hel

Proper noun

Sahel m

1. Sahel (a region of Africa)

Derived terms

• saheliano