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Sahelian, a.|səˈhiːlɪən|
[f. Sahel, proper name of the region + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or designating the belt of land in West Africa south of the Sahara desert which comprises parts of Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Chad and is mostly savannah.
1973Nature 28 Sept. 194/2 The present drought situation and the probable long term trends now seriously threaten the economic and political viability of the Sahelian states of West Africa. 1973Times 30 Oct. 16/6 The exhibition shows the effects of the drought in the Sahelian region of West Africa. 1976New Society 29 Apr. 220/2 Africa's poorest region, the Sahelian ‘famine belt’ from the Atlantic to Lake Chad, was once a place of fabulous wealth. 1980Spectator 21 June 18 Next come the even more gruesome aid donors, whose antics Markham witnessed during the terrible Sahelian drought a few years ago. |