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Proper Noun

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

   "Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica."

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central americacentral americamiddle america

Example

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"What makes you think the Middle East is more important than Mesoamerica, for instance?"

Etymology

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

Related phrases

central americahuman sacrificepre columbian

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