Ecumene

//iːˈkjuː.mə.ni//

"Ecumene" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Near-synonym: civilization

Ninety-five per cent of the cultivated area of the country lies east of a line drawn from Tsitsihar (Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh) in northern Manchuria to K'un-ming in Yün-nan Province. This is eastern China, and within it is the Chinese ecumene.

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