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sinosphere

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
sinosphere
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.

Etymology

From Sino- + -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Sinospheric

Frequently Paired Words

Sinesian Sinaic

Synonyms

Sinesia

Questions

What does sinosphere mean?
The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.
Where does sinosphere come from?
From Sino- + -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".

How to pronounce sinosphere

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