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Chari

Chari

9.9
A river in central Africa that flows northwest into Lake Chad
  • proper noun
translation icon : Chari
  • From N'Djamena, the U.S. troops headed south across the broad, meandering Chari River.
  • Chari River

Examples

  • Further east, in the Chari and Ubangi river basins, the Sara Mbaye and Manja extend the geographic range of the horizontal mask into the northern savanna of Central Africa.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Throughout the colonial period, Gabon, due to its timber industry, generated much of the revenue for the four-colony federation that consisted of Gabon, Moyen Congo, Oubangui-Chari, and Tchad.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Across the Chari River, youths ran a brisk operation smuggling sugar from Cameroon into N'Djamena markets.

  • Further east, in the Chari and Ubangi river basins, the Sara Mbaye and Manja extend the geographic range of the horizontal mask into the northern savanna of Central Africa.

Synonyms

Shari
vsChari
15 7.1

A river in central Africa flowing into Lake Chad and forming the border of Chad and the Central African Republic

is the same river but without mention of the border
Shari River
vsChari
6.8

A river in central Africa that flows northwest into Lake Chad

is the same river but expressed in a shorter name
Chari River
vsChari
6.2

A river in central Africa that flows into Lake Chad and is a main water source

is the same river but described neutrally without resource emphasis

Compounds

Chari-Nile
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of languages spoken in parts of central Africa such as Sudan and Uganda

Surface Forms

Chari main

Etymology

Chari comes from the local name for the river, often written Shari, so a helpful way to remember it is to think of it as the simple local name for the big river that flows into Lake Chad.