culture area
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Begin by selecting one culture area in which you are interested.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
That a group of languages need not in the least correspond to a racial group or a culture area is easily demonstrated.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir
To the Page 34northeast the Bontoc culture area embraces the pueblo of Basao, stopping short of Tinglayan.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
I know of no other primitive dwellings in the Philippines than the ones in the Bontoc culture area which are built directly on the ground.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Albert Ernest Jenks
All studies of this kind must begin from the standpoint of a definite culture area, and I have chosen our own country for the purpose of this inquiry.
From Folklore as an Historical Science by George Laurence Gomme
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