subequatorial

American  

[suhb-ee-kwuh-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, -ek-wuh-] / ˌsʌb i kwəˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, -ɛk wə- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or being a region near the equatorial region.

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subequatorial British  

/ sʌbˌɛkwəˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. situated in or characteristic of regions immediately north or south of equatorial regions

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Etymology

Origin of subequatorial

sub- + equatorial

Example Sentences

He has the same fawn coloring and sculptural nose, but his eyes are the clouded turquoise of certain Alpine lakes, which gives him an oddly blind look in the blazing subequatorial sun.

From The New Yorker

Essentially the same processes accounted for the replacement of Aboriginal Australian languages by English, and of subequatorial Africa’s original Pygmy and Khoisan languages by Bantu languages.

From Literature

If you look again at Figure 19.2, you’ll see that the Niger-Congo language family is distributed all over West Africa and most of subequatorial Africa, apparently giving no clue as to where within that enormous range the family originated.

From Literature

However, Greenberg recognized that all Niger-Congo languages of subequatorial Africa belong to a single language subgroup termed Bantu.

From Literature

Evidently, the Niger-Congo language family arose in West Africa; the Bantu branch of it arose at the east end of that range, in Cameroon and Nigeria; and the Bantu then spread out of that homeland over most of subequatorial Africa.

From Literature