"Sotadic Zone" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Sotadic Zone [canonical]
Etymology: Coined by British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar Richard Francis Burton in 1886. Etymology templates: {{coin|en|Q125057|in=1886|nobycat=1}} Coined by British explorer, army officer, writer and scholar Richard Francis Burton in 1886 Head templates: {{en-proper noun|def=1|head=Sotadic Zone}} the Sotadic Zone
  1. (now historical) A region of the world, approximately defined as a strip of Afroeurasia from the Mediterranean region eastward as well as the entirety of the Americas, in which male homosexuality was supposed to be societally prevalent. Tags: historical
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