Subsahara

S1U1B3S1A1H4A1R1A1

proper noun

sub-Saharan Africa.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative sub-Sahara

  1. sub-Saharan Africa.

    letters […] seeking information on emigration to Africa, both north and subSahara.

    1982, Patricia Galloway, La Salle and His Legacy: Frenchmen and Indians in the Lower Mississippi Valley, page 82
    2 more examples

    […] Large-scale natural disaster (e.g., drought and famine in Subsahara or Cambodia) […]

    1986, Nancy Curry, The Feeling Child: Affective Development Reconsidered, page 116

    IFC also takes an active role in the identification and promotion of projects, especially in Subsahara, the Caribbean and the South Pacfic, […]

    1992, National Association of Credit Men (U.S.), Credit Manual of Commercial Laws, page 29:10

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
sub-saharan africa

Origin

From sub- + Sahara.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Subsahara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subsahara

MLA

“Subsahara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subsahara. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Subsahara,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Subsahara.

Source: Subsahara on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.