Cultureshed
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A region felt to have close cultural affinities and relations.
"The tunnel, the highest in the Alps at 5,971 feet, marks both a watershed and cultureshed. On the north, all the water flows to the North Sea; on the south, the water goes to the Black Sea. […] And here the German and Romansch languages give way to Italian."
Example
More examples"The tunnel, the highest in the Alps at 5,971 feet, marks both a watershed and cultureshed. On the north, all the water flows to the North Sea; on the south, the water goes to the Black Sea. […] And here the German and Romansch languages give way to Italian."
Etymology
From culture + shed, on the model of watershed.
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