sub-Saharan
adjective
sub-Sa·ha·ran
ˌsəb-sə-ˈher-ən 
-ˈhär-
: of, relating to, or being the part of Africa south of the Sahara
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The World Health Organization classifies it as one of the snakes of highest medical importance in sub-Saharan Africa due to the potency of its venom and the rapid onset and severity of clinical manifestations.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
In many of sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous countries, foreign aid is fairly small relative to the economy: 2-4 percent of national income in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Tanzania.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 28 Mar. 2025
To be sure, Russia has far-water economic interests, especially in the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
By 2100, half the world’s children will be born in sub-Saharan Africa; of those, two out of five will be Nigerian.
—Shain Shapiro, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
In many of sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous countries, foreign aid is fairly small relative to the economy: 2-4 percent of national income in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Tanzania.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 28 Mar. 2025
To be sure, Russia has far-water economic interests, especially in the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa.
—Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
By 2100, half the world’s children will be born in sub-Saharan Africa; of those, two out of five will be Nigerian.
—Shain Shapiro, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sub-Saharan
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“Sub-Saharan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sub-Saharan. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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