Western Sahara

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(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstɚn səˈhɛəɹə/
(England) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛstən səˈhɑːɹə/
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Proper noun

Western Sahara

A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa; about 70% is occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory as its Southern Provinces, while 30% is governed by its native inhabitants as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Synonym: (historical) Spanish Sahara

Derived terms

Western Saharan

Translations

a territory in North Africa

Afrikaans: Wes-Sahara
Albanian: Sahara Perëndimore f
Amharic: ምዕራባዊ ሣህራ (məʿrabawi śahra)
Arabic: الصَّحْرَاء الْغَرْبِيَّة f (aṣ-ṣaḥrāʔ al-ḡarbiyya)
Aragonese: Sajara Ozidental m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܲܚܵܪܵܐ ܡܲܥܪܒ݂ܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ f (saḥḥārā maˁrḇāyṯā)
Armenian: Արևմտյան Սահարա (hy) (Arewmtyan Sahara)
Asturian: El Sáḥara Occidental (ast) m
Azerbaijani: Qərbi Səhra (az)
Bashkir: Көнбайыш Сахара (Könbayış Saxara)
Basque: Mendebaldeko Sahara
Belarusian: Захо́дняя Саха́ра f (Zaxódnjaja Saxára)
Bengali: পশ্চিম সাহারা (bn) (pościm śahara)
Breton: Sahara ar C'hornaoueg
Bulgarian: За́падна Саха́ра f (Západna Sahára)
Burmese: အနောက်ဆာဟာရ (a.naukhcahara.)
Catalan: Sàhara Occidental (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 西撒哈拉 (sai¹ saat³ haa¹ laai¹)

Mandarin: 西撒哈拉 (zh) (Xī Sāhālā)
Corsican: Sahara Occidentale m
Czech: Západní Sahara (cs) f
Danish: Vestsahara (da) n
Dutch: Westelijke Sahara (nl) f
Esperanto: Okcidenta Saharo, Saharo Okcidenta
Estonian: Lääne-Sahara
Faroese: Vestursahara f or n
Finnish: Länsi-Sahara (fi)
French: Sahara occidental (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: Westlike Sahara f
Galician: Sáhara Occidental (gl) m
Georgian: დასავლეთი საჰარა (dasavleti sahara), დასავლეთ საჰარა (dasavlet sahara)
German: Westsahara (de) f
Greek: Δυτική Σαχάρα (el) f (Dytikí Sachára)
Hebrew: סהרה המערבית f (sahara ha-ma'aravít)
Hindi: पश्चिमी सहारा (hi) m (paścimī sahārā)
Hungarian: Nyugat-Szahara (hu)
Icelandic: Vestur-Sahara
Indonesian: Sahara Barat
Interlingua: Sahara Occidental
Italian: Sahara Occidentale m
Japanese: 西サハラ (ja) (にしサハラ, Nishi Sahara)
Kazakh: Батыс Сахара (kk) (Batys Saxara)
Khmer: សាហារ៉ាខាងលិច (saahaaraa khaang lɨc)
Korean: 서사하라 (ko) (Seosahara)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Sahraya Rojava
Kyrgyz: Батыш Сахара (Batış Sahara)
Lao: ຊາຮາຣາຕາເວັນຕົກ (sā hā rā tā wen tok), ຊາຮາລາຕາເວັນຕົກ (sā hā lā tā wen tok)
Latvian: Rietumsahāra (lv) f
Lithuanian: Vakarų Sachara (lt) f
Macedonian: За́падна Саха́ра f (Západna Sahára)
Malay: Sahara Barat
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Баруун Сахар (Baruun Saxar)
Navajo: Kéyah Sahééwa Eʼeʼaahjí Siʼánígíí
Norman: Sahara du Vouêt m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Vest-Sahara n
Occitan: Sahara Occidental m
Pashto: لوېديځه صحارا f (loediźa sahārā)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: صَحْرایِ غَرْبی (sahrâ-ye ġarbi)
Polish: Sahara Zachodnia (pl) f
Portuguese: Saara Ocidental (pt) m
Romanian: Sahara Occidentală f
Russian: За́падная Саха́ра f (Západnaja Saxára)
Scots: Wastren Sahara
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Западна Сахара f

Latin: Zapadna Sahara f
Slovak: Západná Sahara f
Slovene: Zahódna Sahára (sl) f
Spanish: Sahara Occidental (es) m
Swahili: Sahara Magharibi (sw)
Swedish: Västsahara (sv) n
Tagalog: Kanluraning Sahara
Tajik: Саҳрои Ғарбӣ (Sahro-yi Ġarbi)
Tatar: Көнбатыш Сахра (Könbatış Saxra)
Thai: ซาฮาราตะวันตก (saa-haa-raa dtà-wan-dtòk)
Tigrinya: ምዕራብ ሰሃራ (məʿrab sähara)
Turkish: Batı Sahra (tr)
Turkmen: Günbatar Sahara
Ukrainian: За́хідна Саха́ра f (Záxidna Saxára)
Urdu: مَغْرِبی صَحارا m (maġribī sahārā)
Uyghur: غەربىي سەھرا (gherbiy sehra)
Uzbek: Gʻarbiy Sahro
Vietnamese: Tây Xa-ha-ra
Volapük: Sahar Vesüdik
Walloon: Sara Coûtchantrece
Welsh: Gorllewin Sahara

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