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Sahel.

A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.

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Meaning & usage

name/səˈhɛl/
  1. A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.

  2. An administrative region of Tunisia, in the central east part of the country.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil, “border of the desert, coastline”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.