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subsaharan

subsaharan is the alternative form of sub-Saharan.

Meaning of sub-Saharan

Noun

sub-Saharan (plural sub-Saharans)

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

See all 2 meanings of sub-Saharan

Adjective capitalized: Subsaharan

Subsaharan (not comparable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of sub-Saharan.

Forms of subsaharan

pluralsubsaharans

Phrases with subsaharan

Questions about subsaharan

What is subsaharan the alternative form of?
Subsaharan is the alternative form of sub-Saharan.
What part of speech is subsaharan?
Subsaharan is an adjective.

Words near subsaharan in the dictionary

  1. subsacristans
  2. subsacrists
  3. subsagittal
  4. subsagittate
  5. Subsahara
  6. subsaharan
  7. Subsaharan Africa
  8. subsaharans
  9. subsale
  10. subsales
  11. subsalicylate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsaharan (page history and authors); Subsaharan (page history and authors); sub-Saharan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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