culture area
Americannoun
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From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
The Hupa Indians are very typical of the culture area to which they belong.
From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward
The fire syringe, common west of Bontoc Province among the Tinguian, is not known in the Bontoc culture area.
From The Bontoc Igorot by Jenks, Albert Ernest
This practice of bathing in lonely lakes closely recalls the custom prevalent along the Pacific slope for some distance northward, and within California it is probably not strictly confined to the Northwestern culture area.
From The Religion of the Indians of California by Kroeber, A. L.
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 Sapir, Edward
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