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Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is the alternative letter-case form of sub-Saharan Africa.

Proper noun capitalized: sub-Saharan Africa

sub-Saharan Africa

  1. Africa south of the Sahara, particularly used to distinguish the areas chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples.
    • While the average cost of sending money to sub-Saharan Africa is the highest in the world, the cost of digital remittances to the region is less than the global average. If more Africans sent money home via digital services rather than cash, average remittance fees should fall, but receiving money...2025 February 25, Joshua Korber Hoffman, “It costs more to send money to sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world: these companies are trying to change that”, in CNN, archived from the...

Synonyms of Sub-Saharan Africa

Forms of Sub-Saharan Africa

alternative formSub-Saharan Africa
alternative formSubsaharan Africa

Questions about Sub-Saharan Africa

What does Sub-Saharan Africa mean?
Sub-Saharan Africa means africa south of the Sahara, particularly used to distinguish the areas chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples.
What is Sub-Saharan Africa the alternative letter-case form of?
Sub-Saharan Africa is the alternative letter-case form of sub-Saharan Africa.
What part of speech is Sub-Saharan Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa is a proper noun.

Words near Sub-Saharan Africa in the dictionary

  1. sub-reddits
  2. sub-renter
  3. sub-renters
  4. sub-Sahara
  5. sub-Saharan
  6. Sub-Saharan Africa
  7. sub-Saharans
  8. sub-sat
  9. sub-satellite
  10. sub-satellites
  11. sub-sats

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