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SAFARI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does safari mean?
• SAFARI (noun)
The noun SAFARI has 1 sense:
1. an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
Familiarity information: SAFARI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
campaign; hunting expedition; safari
Hypernyms ("safari" is a kind of...):
expedition (a journey organized for a particular purpose)
Domain region:
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
Context examples
The group based its survey on such tools as photographs, tourist sightings, safari guides, cattle herders, and village chiefs.
(Around 7,100 cheetahs remain, say experts, Wikinews)
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