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KALAHARI DESERT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana
Synonyms:
Kalahari; Kalahari Desert
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Kalahari Desert" is a part of...):
Namibia; Republic of Namibia; South West Africa (a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa)
Botswana; Republic of Botswana (a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s)
Republic of South Africa; South Africa (a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers))
