Sahelianadj.
/səˈhiːlɪən/, /sɑːˈhiːlɪən/, U.S. /səˈhiliən/, /səˈhɛliən/, West African English /saˈ(h)ɛlian/ 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.
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Sahelian1973
1973 Nature 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.
1973 Times 30 Oct. 16/6 The exhibition shows the effects of the drought in the Sahelian region of West Africa.
1976 New 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.
1980 Spectator 21 June 18 Next come the even more gruesome aid donors, whose antics Markham witnessed during the terrible Sahelian drought a few years ago.
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