"Mesoamerica" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From meso- + America. Coined by anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|meso-|America}} meso- + America Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mesoamerica
  1. A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador. Wikipedia link: Mesoamerica, en:Paul Kirchhoff Categories (place): Central America Derived forms: Mesoamerican Coordinate_terms: OasisamericaCoordinate terms, Aridoamerica Translations (a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America): মাঝমার্কিন (majhomarkin) (Bengali), Mezameriko (Esperanto), Väli-Amerikka (Finnish), Mésoamérique [feminine] (French), მესოამერიკა (mesoameriḳa) (Georgian), მეზოამერიკა (mezoameriḳa) (Georgian), შუა ამერიკა (šua ameriḳa) (Georgian), Mesoamérica [feminine] (Portuguese), Mesoamérica [feminine] (Spanish), Mesoamerika [neuter] (Swedish)
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