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MESO-AMERIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
  • Anthropology
  • Archaeology
DEF

The area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.

OBS

Mesoamerica: term sometimes used loosely to refer to Central America.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
  • Anthropologie
  • Archéologie
OBS

Aire culturelle occupée par les hautes civilisations précolombiennes. Elle englobe les territoires actuels du Mexique, du Guatemala, du Belize, du Salvador, ainsi que l'ouest du Honduras, du Nicaragua et du Costa-Rica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
  • Antropología
  • Arqueología
DEF

[...] región [...] cuyos límites se encuentran entre una línea que corre al norte de la capital de la República de Méjico, y otra que corta América Central por Honduras y Nicaragua.

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