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Mesoamerica
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Mesoamérica
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en es Mesoamérica, en Paul Kirchhoff 1943 German-Mexican anthropologist 1 1."Mesoamerica", EBSCO: "Paul Kirchhoff, a German Mexican anthropologist, devised the term Mesoamerica in 1943." en meso- America.
Proper noun
A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.
en Mindy Weisberger Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/world/skull-reshaping-ancient-japan-scn/index.html 2023-08-18 Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica. https://web.archive.org/web/20251129044317/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/18/world/skull-reshaping-ancient-japan-scn/index.html 29 November 2025
Coordinate terms
en Oasisamerica
en Aridoamerica
Derived terms
en Mesoamerican
Translations
a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America
Bengali: bn মাঝমার্কিন
Bulgarian: bg Мезоамерика f
Esperanto: eo Mezameriko
Finnish: fi Väli-Amerikka
French: fr Mésoamérique f
Georgian: ka მესოამერიკა, ka მეზოამერიკა, ka შუა ამერიკა
Polish: pl Mezoameryka f
Portuguese: pt Mesoamérica f
Spanish: es Mesoamérica f
Swedish: sv Mesoamerika n
References
en Central America
Italian
Etymology
it :af meso- America
From it meso- America.
Proper noun
f
en Mesoamerica
Derived terms
it mesoamericano
it Central America