Meanings
proper noun
- A broad cultural area of pre-Columbian southwestern North America, between Utah and Chihuahua, and bordering the Gulf of California, on the Mexican mainland.
Origin
From oasis + America. Coined by German-Mexican anthropologist Paul Kirchhoff in 1954.
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APA
Oasisamerica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oasisamerica
MLA
“Oasisamerica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oasisamerica. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Oasisamerica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Oasisamerica.
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