sub-Saharan

See also: subsaharan, Subsaharan, and Sub-Saharan

English

Alternative forms

• Sub-Saharan, Subsaharan; subsaharan (rare)

Etymology

sub- +‎ Saharan

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sub‧Sa‧ha‧ran

Adjective

sub-Saharan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara Desert.

   Coordinate term: super-Saharan

Related terms

• Subsahara

Translations

pertaining to that part of Africa south of the Sahara

• Armenian: անդրսահարյան (andrsaharyan)
• Catalan: subsaharià
• Czech: subsaharský (cs)
• Dutch: Sub-Saharaans
• Finnish: Saharan alapuolinen, Saharan eteläpuolinen
• French: sub-saharien, subsaharien (fr)
• Galician: subsahariano (gl)
• German: Subsahara-
• Greek: υποσαχάριος (el) m or f (yposachários)
• Hungarian: szubszaharai
• Icelandic: sunnan Sahara
• Irish: fo-Shahárach
• Italian: subsahariano
• Polish: subsaharyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: subsaariano m, subsariano m
• Russian: субсаха́рский (subsaxárskij), южне́е Саха́ры (južnéje Saxáry), к ю́гу от Саха́ры (k júgu ot Saxáry)
• Spanish: subsahariano (es)

Noun

sub-Saharan (plural sub-Saharans)

1. A native or inhabitant of that part of Africa which lies south of the Sahara.