Mesoamerica

Meanings

proper noun

A pre-Columbian cultural region extending from southern Mexico to roughly the area that comprises modern Honduras and El Salvador.
Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.
2023 August 18, Mindy Weisberger, “Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis”, in CNN

Also see

Borrowed from Spanish Mesoamérica, coined by German-Mexican anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1943. By surface analysis, meso- + America.

More words from Spanish

Bengali মাঝমার্কিন

মাঝমার্কিন (majhomarkin)a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Bulgarian Мезоамерика

Мезоамерика (Mezoamerika)a pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Esperanto Mezameriko

Mezamerikoa pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Finnish Väli-Amerikka

Väli-Amerikkaa pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

French Mésoamérique

Mésoamériquea pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Polish Mezoameryka

Mezoamerykaa pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Portuguese Mesoamérica

Mesoaméricaa pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Spanish Mesoamérica

Mesoaméricaa pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

Swedish Mesoamerika

Mesoamerikaa pre-Columbian cultural region encompassing southern Mexico and Central America

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APA

Mesoamerica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mesoamerica

MLA

“Mesoamerica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mesoamerica. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mesoamerica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mesoamerica.