noun
Mexico and Central America
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Mesoamerican
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑geographical area, ↑geographic area, ↑geographical region, ↑geographic region
• Part Holonyms: ↑North America
• Part Meronyms: ↑Mexico, ↑United Mexican States
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—Mesoamerican, adj., n.
/mez'oh euh mer"i keuh, mes'-, mee'zoh-, -soh-/, n.
1. Anthropol., Archaeol. the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.
2. (loosely) Central America.
Also, Meso-America.
[MESO- + AMERICA]
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Mesoamerˈica noun
Central America, between N Mexico and Panama
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Main Entry: ↑meso-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.