GREAT SANDY DESERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Great Sandy Desert mean? 

• GREAT SANDY DESERT (noun)
  The noun GREAT SANDY DESERT has 2 senses:

1. a desert in southern Saudi Arabia

2. a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert

  Familiarity information: GREAT SANDY DESERT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREAT SANDY DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert in southern Saudi Arabia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Ar Rimsal; Dahna; Great Sandy Desert; Rub al-Khali

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Great Sandy Desert" is a part of...):

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia (an absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia; vast oil reserves dominate the economy)

Arabian Desert; Great Arabian Desert (a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Holonyms ("Great Sandy Desert" is a part of...):

Australia; Commonwealth of Australia (a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony)

Australian Desert; Great Australian Desert (general name given to all desert areas in Australia)

 Context examples 

Alexander Watson, a biologist at conservation group, WWF Australia, who has worked with Aboriginal rangers in the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia, says it is an extraordinary discovery.

(Aboriginal Rangers Find Evidence of One of Australia’s Rarest Birds, VOA)

The blurry image taken in Western Australia's Great Sandy Desert, suggests the night parrot is fighting back from the brink of extinction.

(Aboriginal Rangers Find Evidence of One of Australia’s Rarest Birds, VOA)