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Sinosphere

Sinosphere proper noun: the area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.

sinosphere: the area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture
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Proper noun

Sinosphere

  1. The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.
    Synonyms:
    Sinesia

Sinosphere meaning in Vietnamese

Sinosphere in Vietnamese

Area considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture
vùng văn hoá chữ Hán, vùng văn hoá Á Đông, vùng văn hoá Đông Á

Synonyms of Sinosphere

  • Sinesia

Origin of Sinosphere

From Sino- + -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".

Words formed from Sinosphere

Questions about Sinosphere

What does Sinosphere mean?
Sinosphere means the area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.
What is Sinosphere in Vietnamese?
Sinosphere in Vietnamese is vùng văn hoá chữ Hán, vùng văn hoá Á Đông, vùng văn hoá Đông Á. See Sinosphere meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is Sinosphere?
Sinosphere is a proper noun.

Words near Sinosphere in the dictionary

  1. Sinornithosauruses
  2. Sinors
  3. sinoscopic
  4. sinoscopy
  5. sinoside
  6. Sinosphere
  7. Sinospheric
  8. sinostroside
  9. sinotubular
  10. sinovenous
  11. Sinoxenic

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