WESTERN SAHARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Western Sahara mean? 

• WESTERN SAHARA (noun)
  The noun WESTERN SAHARA has 1 sense:

1. an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992

  Familiarity information: WESTERN SAHARA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WESTERN SAHARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Spanish Sahara; Western Sahara

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Western Sahara" is a part of...):

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)

 Context examples 

A country in northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, south of Spain and between Algeria and Western Sahara.

(Morocco, NCI Thesaurus)