Mesoamerica

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Mesoamerica

Etymology

From meso- + America. Coined by anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff.

Derived words

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