sub-saharan africa

1. 1.

   the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert

   SynonymsBlack Africa

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofAfrica

Questions about sub-saharan africa

What does sub-saharan africa mean?

sub-saharan africa means "the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert".

What is another word for sub-saharan africa?

Close synonyms include Black Africa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sub-saharan africa a common word?

sub-saharan africa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.