Sahel
Meanings
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- A region of Africa, between the Sahara to the north and a more humid zone (Sudan) to the south.
- An administrative region of Tunisia, in the central east part of the country.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِل (sāḥil, “border of the desert, coastline”).
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