Sahel
pronunciation
How to pronounce Sahel in British English:
UK [sɑ:'hel]
How to pronounce Sahel in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Sahel
- from Arabic sahil "sea coast, shore." Originally in reference to the coastal region. Related: Sahelian.
Example
- 1. The sahel has endured three droughts in the past seven years .
- 2. Elsewhere in the sahel , five french hostages are still being held .
- 3. The sahel has been degraded by human use , not natural desertification ; the natural process has been the reverse .
- 4. Others see it as resilient and hydra-headed , fomenting an " arc of instability " from the western sahel to the horn of africa , and still capable of radicalising and training many dangerous people .
- 5. In fact , much of the sahel normally gets enough rain to allow modest farming .