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And so the Sahara Forest became the Sahara Desert!
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08-24-2016, 11:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-24-2016, 11:47 AM by awemawson.)
And Sahara MEANS desert, so the Sahara Desert is the Desert Desert.
You can imagine early explorers asking 'what is this place' and being told it was Sahara - which it is :)
( Sahara from Arabic ṣaḥrā‘ 'desert'. )
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