English Explanatory Dictionary

Oasisamerica

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A broad cultural area of pre-Columbian southwestern North America, between Utah and Chihuahua, and bordering the Gulf of California, on the Mexican mainland.

Word forms

Oasisamerica

Etymology

From oasis + America. Coined by anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1954.

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