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sahelian

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Sa⋅hel

[suh-heyl, -heel]
–noun
the arid area on the S flank of the Sahara desert that stretches across six countries from Senegal to Chad.

Sa⋅hel⋅i⋅an, adjective, noun
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Sa·hel   (sə-hāl', -hēl')   
A semiarid region of north-central Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Since the 1960s it has been afflicted by prolonged periods of extensive drought.
Sa·hel'i·an adj.
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