单词 | sub-saharan |
释义 | sub-Saharanadj. Designating the African regions south of the Sahara Desert, esp. in sub-Saharan Africa; of, relating to, or characteristic of these regions or their inhabitants.In early use with reference to the regions immediately south of the Sahara. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert > spec sub-Saharan1899 Namibian1950 1899 E. Hartert in Novitates Zoologicae 6 403 The great area reaching from North-east Africa to Senegambia, which might be called the Sub-Saharan area. 1914 Jrnl. Heredity 5 83 In northern Africa, it appears very widely distributed in sub-saharan localities. 1941 Foreign Affairs 19 883 The political and economic problems of sub-Saharan Africa. 1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iii. 121 This French villa spun of sub-Saharan materials. 1983 E. T. Hall Dance of Life v. 73 Evans-Pritchard even categorized the time system of the Nuer (a sub-Saharan tribe) in two ways. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) vi. 75 In the savanna belt of sub-Saharan Africa there was already a tendency for some villages to grow into walled towns. 2010 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Mar. f7/2 The sounds generated by the long metal tongues of a lamellaphone, a sub-Saharan instrument. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1899 |
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