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culture area

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noun

Anthropology.
  1. a region having a distinct pattern of culture.


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From Literature

The local authorities for Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Carlisle City, Cumbria and Northumberland have lodged an expression of interest in becoming a City of Culture area.

From BBC

Last year Zeng Zhenyu, an analyst at the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies of Shandong University, proposed to the provincial government that Qufu be transformed into a special Confucian culture area, modeled after the government-created special economic zones, which spearheaded the nation’s shift toward capitalism.

From Newsweek

Since the Kankanay have been studied very little, the exact extent of their culture area is not at present certain.

From Project Gutenberg

In each geographic province, which also constitutes a culture area, the style of housing is different according to natural resources and climatic conditions.

From Project Gutenberg