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mesoamerica

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
mesoamer-i-ca
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Mesoamérica, coined by German-Mexican anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1943. By surface analysis, meso- + America.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Mesoamérica

Derived Forms

Mesoamerican

Frequently Paired Words

Oasisamerica Aridoamerica

Questions

What does mesoamerica mean?
A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.
Where does mesoamerica come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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