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BLACK AFRICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Black Africa mean?
• BLACK AFRICA (noun)
The noun BLACK AFRICA has 1 sense:
1. the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert
Familiarity information: BLACK AFRICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Black Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Black Africa" is a part of...):
Africa (the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean)
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