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Sahara 1
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 佐原(Japanese Kanji) さはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. SA-HA-RA  [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsSawara

Meaning & History

From Japanese 佐原 (Sahara) meaning "Sahara", an area in the city of Yokosuka in the prefecture of Kanagawa in Japan.
Added 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura
Edited 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura

Sahara 2
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 左原, 佐原(Japanese Kanji) さはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. SA-HA-RA  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 左 (sa), a clipping of 左衛門尉 (saemon-no-jō) meaning "judge of senior gate guards" and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".
Added 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura
Edited 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura

Sahara 3
not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 佐原(Japanese Kanji) さはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. SA-HA-RA  [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsSawara

Meaning & History

From Japanese 佐 (sa) meaning "aid; help" or 佐 (Sa), a clipping of 佐野 (Sano), a former manor in the former Japanese province of Shimotsuke in present-day Tochigi, Japan, and 原 (hara) meaning "meadow; plain; field".
Added 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura

Sahara 4
not set
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 佐原(Japanese Kanji) さはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. SA-HA-RA  [key·IPA]
Other Forms FormsSawara

Meaning & History

From Japanese 佐原 (Sahara) meaning "Sahara", an area in the city of Katori in the prefecture of Chiba in Japan.
Added 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura

Sahara 5
Type Surname (from location)
Usage Japanese
Scripts 砂原(Japanese Kanji) さはら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced Pron. SA-HA-RA  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Variant reading of Japanese Kanji 砂原 (see Sunahara 2).
Added 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura
Edited 8/25/2023 by nihanzakura