"Sinosphere" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-Sinosphere.wav [UK]
Etymology: From Sino- + -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison". Etymology templates: {{confix|en|Sino|sphere}} Sino- + -sphere, {{coin|en|James Matisoff|nocap=1}} coined by James Matisoff Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sinosphere
  1. The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture. Wikipedia link: Sinosphere Categories (place): China Synonyms: Sinesia [archaic] Coordinate_terms: Sinesian [archaic], Sinaic [obsolete] Translations (Area considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture): Sinoesfera (Asturian), 中華文化圈 (english: Chinese cultural sphere) (Chinese Mandarin), 中华文化圈 (Zhōnghuá wénhuàquān) (Chinese Mandarin), 漢字文化圈 (english: Chinese character cultural sphere) (Chinese Mandarin), 汉字文化圈 (hànzì wénhuàquān) (Chinese Mandarin), sinosfære [common-gender] (Danish), Sinosfeer (Dutch), itäaasialainen kulttuuripiiri (Finnish), sinosphère [feminine] (French), Sinosphäre [feminine] (German), sinosfera [feminine] (Italian), 漢字文化圏 (alt: かんじぶんかけん) (Japanese), 한자 문화권 (hanja munhwagwon) (Korean), Sinosfera (Lithuanian), Sinosfæren (Norwegian), sinosfera [feminine] (Portuguese), sinoesfera [feminine] (Spanish), vùng văn hoá chữ Hán (Vietnamese), vùng văn hoá Á Đông (Vietnamese), vùng văn hoá Đông Á (Vietnamese)

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