mesoamerican

Speech parts

1. mesoamerican - Noun

2. mesoamerican - Adjective

Meaning

a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica

of or relating to the people of Mesoamerica or their languages or cultures

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

european greek italian renaissance roman spanish baroque Mayan mediterranean ancient classical tropical exotic Mesoamerica sica
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Hypernyms

american

Phrases with the word

Mesoamerican Long Count calendar Mesoamerican river turtle

Examples

Boremanse 1986: 30-38 The creation of humankind is concluded by the Mesoamerican tale of the opening of the Maize (or Sustenance) Mountain by the Lightning deities. Source: Internet

Currency system Cacao beans constituted both a ritual beverage and a major currency system in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations. Source: Internet

Cristóbal de Olid leads Spanish soldiers with Tlaxcalan allies in the conquest of Jalisco, 1522 Despite the decline of the Aztec empire, most of the Mesoamerican cultures were intact after the fall of Tenochtitlan. Source: Internet

Form The chacmool is a distinctive form of Mesoamerican sculpture representing a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, leaning on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its chest. Source: Internet

Dishes such as the very traditional tamale and many others made of corn are the most representative of its indigenous inhabitants, and similar to other neighboring Mesoamerican countries. Source: Internet

For the same reason the notion of "Aztec civilization" is best understood as a particular horizon of a general Mesoamerican civilization. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

meso-zeaxanthin mesoaccumbal Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Long Count calendar Mesoamerican nephropathy Mesoamerican river turtle