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Subsaharan

Subsaharan

English

Adjective

Subsaharan (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of sub-Saharan

subsaharan

subsaharan

English

Noun

subsaharan (plural subsaharans)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of sub-Saharan
    • 2004, Piero Gleijeses, Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976, page 213:
      Ben Bella, the Arab, "won approval of subsaharans," the U.S. State Department noted dryly.
    • 2005, Ian Tattersall, The Human Fossil Record, Craniodental Morphology of Genus Homo (Africa and Asia), page 34:
      [] found them most closely linked to non-San modern subsaharans.
    • 1999, "ypar" (username), Re: The egyptians were black, in sci.anthropology, Usenet:
      I do not think this article says much about separation between subsaharans and the rest