chott

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.

/ʃɒt/ /ʃɑt/

chott chotts shott shatt shat

Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.

sabkha

playa

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