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To: Red Badger
"The name "Sahara" is derived from Arabic: صَحَارَى, romanized: ṣaḥārā /sˤaħaːraː/, a broken plural form of ṣaḥrā' (صَحْرَاء /sˤaħraːʔ/), meaning "desert"."

Really? It's named Desert Desert?

(Saw that on Jeopardy last night.)

39 posted on 05/08/2024 2:16:02 PM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT ELECTION is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: moovova

The desert so nice they named it twice...........


48 posted on 05/08/2024 8:03:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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