sub-Saharan

[ suhb-suh-har-uhn, -hair-uhn, -hahr-uhn ]

adjective

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

   a sub-Saharan country; sub-Saharan peoples.

sub-Saharan

adjective

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

sub-Saharan

1. Region in Africa south of the Sahara desert.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sub-Saharan¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

About 400,000 came from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, and more than 70,000 from Senegal and other sub-Saharan colonies.

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Like Mr Oualy, most migrants on this route are sub-Saharan Africans fleeing poverty and conflict, exacerbated by climate change.

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A group of Sub-Saharan African men are playing bingo in a conference room of a hotel near the northern Spanish city of León.

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"Poor access to screening, and the scourge of HIV, which has been ravaging most parts of sub-Saharan Africa, have worsened the situation," he says.

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In sub-Saharan Africa more than 20 countries have no access to radiotherapy, which is critical to fighting cancer.

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