Subsahara

English

Alternative forms

• sub-Sahara

Etymology

From sub- +‎ Sahara.

Proper noun

Subsahara

1. Sub-Saharan Africa.
   • 1989, Giacomo Giacobini, Hominidae: Actes Du 2ème Congrès International de Paléontologie Humaine, page 63:

     Neogene mammalian faunas in [the] Subsahara region

   • 1986, Nancy Curry, The Feeling Child: Affective Development Reconsidered, page 116:

     […] Large-scale natural disaster (e.g., drought and famine in Subsahara or Cambodia) […]

   • 1992, National Association of Credit Men (U.S.), Credit Manual of Commercial Laws, page 29:10:

     IFC also takes an active role in the identification and promotion of projects, especially in Subsahara, the Caribbean and the South Pacfic, […]

Synonyms

• SSA