Oasisamerica
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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.
Etymology
From oasis + America. Coined by anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1954.
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