sub-Saharan

American

[suhb-suh-har-uhn, -hair-uhn, -hahr-uhn] / ˌsʌb səˈhær ən, -ˈhɛər ən, -ˈhɑr ən /

adjective

of, relating to, or in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

a sub-Saharan country; sub-Saharan peoples.

sub-Saharan British

adjective

in, of, or relating to Africa south of the Sahara desert

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sub-Saharan Cultural

Region in Africa south of the Sahara desert.

Etymology

Origin of sub-Saharan

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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By comparison, in 2023, the same pollster found that a slightly smaller proportion of sub-Saharan Africans—37%—wished to do the same.

From The Wall Street Journal

Other recipients include Innovation: Africa, which delivers solar-powered clean water to sub-Saharan Africa, and IEA Ghana, a think tank, to help it explore ways to build nuclear plants in West Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal

While he rightly celebrates the fall in poverty rates in his four successes, he does not note the more modest success for sub-Saharan Africa as a whole.

From The Wall Street Journal

This followed a White House strategy document on sub-Saharan Africa which described the region as "critical to advancing our global priorities".

From BBC

While in sub-Saharan Africa, infections dominate and account for nearly 80% of preventable cancers in women.

From BBC

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