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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A desert plateau region of southern Botswana, eastern Namibia, and western South Africa. Fed by seasonal rains, it has sandy soil and supports grass and other vegetation in all but the extreme southwestern corner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A desert in Southwestern Africa, most of which is located in the country of Botswana.

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  • proper noun A large desert in southern Africa.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana

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From Tswana Kgalagadi.

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