KALAHARI DESERT

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kalahari Desert mean? 

• KALAHARI DESERT (noun)
  The noun KALAHARI DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

  Familiarity information: KALAHARI DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KALAHARI DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Kalahari; Kalahari Desert

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))