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culture area

noun

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


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That a group of languages need not in the least correspond to a racial group or a culture area is easily demonstrated.

In Banawi, in the Quiangan culture area, a district having no public buildings, one can scarcely find a trace of skin eruption.

The carabao, hog, chicken, and dog are the only animals domesticated by the Igorot of the Bontoc culture area.

Throughout the Bontoc culture area Lu-ma′-wĭg is the one and only god of the people.

The custom of wife capture is fairly frequent, especially in the upper Agsan where the Manbo is within the Mandya culture area.

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