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