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BLACK AFRICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert
Synonyms:
Black Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
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)