Definition of Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Noun. The region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert.

Exact synonyms: Black Africa
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Group relationships: Africa

Definition of Sub-Saharan Africa

1. Noun. Africa south of the Sahara. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sub-Saharan Africa

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suaver
suaves
suavest
suavified
suavifies
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suavifying
suaviloquent
suaviloquy
suavities
suavity
sub
sub-
sub-Saharan
sub-Saharan Africa (current term)
sub-atomic
sub-brown dwarf
sub-brown dwarfs
sub-categories
sub-category
sub-clinical
sub-deacon
sub-deacons
sub-discipline
sub-excavation
sub-interval
sub-lieutenant

Literary usage of Sub-Saharan Africa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Impact of HIV-AIDS on World Population by Peter O. Way (1994)
"HIV Infected for sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, by Mode of Transmission: 1992 sub-Saharan Africa Latin America Source: Mann, ct al., 1992. ..."

2. Women in Rice Farming: Proceedings of a Conference on Women in Rice Farming by International Rice Research Institute (1985)
"THE IMPACT OF RICE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON WOMEN: ISSUES, FACTS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROBLEMS Traditional rice farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa The most ..."

3. Trends in Adolescent Fertility and Contraceptive Use in the Developing World by Thomas M. McDevitt, Arjun Adlakha, Timothy B. Fowler, Vera Harris-Bourne (1997)
"However, approximately one million more births will occur each year to teenage mothers in sub-Saharan Africa. This represents a 23 percent increase in ..."

4. Food in the Third World: Past Trends and Projections to 2000 by Leonardo A. Paulino (1986)
"Food projections strongly suggest a rapid worsening of the food problem in sub-Saharan Africa, especially in West Africa. Unless production trends greatly ..."

5. Livestock Products in the Third World: Past Trends and Projections to 1990 by J. S. Sarma, Patrick Yeung (1985)
"Kenya's exports of nearly 50000 tons of milk in the mid-1970s not only represented the largest quantity exported from Sub- Saharan Africa, but they were ..."

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