"sub-Saharan Africa" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: en-us-sub-Saharan Africa.ogg [Mid-Atlantic]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} sub-Saharan Africa
  1. Africa south of the Sahara, particularly used to distinguish the areas chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples. Wikipedia link: sub-Saharan Africa Synonyms: Subsahara, black Africa, darkest Africa, Negroland, Nigritia (alt: racist) [dated], Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsaharan Africa Translations (Africa south of the Sahara, chiefly populated by dark-skinned peoples): 黑非洲 (hak¹ fei¹ zau¹, haak¹ fei¹ zau¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑非洲 (Hēi Fēizhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), Saharan eteläpuolinen Afrikka (Finnish), Afrique noire [feminine] (French), Afrique subsaharienne [feminine] (French), an Afraic fho-Shahárach [feminine] (Irish), ブラックアフリカ (burakku Afurika) (Japanese), Afryka Subsaharyjska [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sub-Saharan_Africa-en-name-4bakXmVA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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