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Saguia el-Hamra

Saguia el-Hamra proper noun: one of the two territories (the other being Río de Oro) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969.

Proper noun

Saguia el-Hamra

  1. (historical) One of the two territories (the other being Río de Oro) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969.

Origin of Saguia el-Hamra

Borrowed from Arabic السَّاقِيَة الْحَمْرَاء (as-sāqiya l-ḥamrāʔ, literally “the red rivulet”).

Questions about Saguia el-Hamra

What does Saguia el-Hamra mean?
Saguia el-Hamra means one of the two territories (the other being Río de Oro) that formed the Spanish province of Spanish Sahara after 1969.
What part of speech is Saguia el-Hamra?
Saguia el-Hamra is a proper noun.

Words near Saguia el-Hamra in the dictionary

  1. Sagueneans
  2. Sagueneen
  3. Sagueneenne
  4. Sagueneennes
  5. Sagueneens
  6. Saguia el-Hamra
  7. Saguiaran
  8. saguin
  9. Saguing
  10. saguins
  11. Saguinsinan

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