cultural region
C145
concept
A cultural region is a geographic area characterized by shared cultural traits such as language, religion, customs, and social norms that distinguish it from surrounding areas.
Aliases (24)
- linguistic region ×9
- linguistic area ×5
- ethnographic region ×4
- civilizational area ×3
- cultural sphere ×3
- regional culture ×3
- archaeological region ×2
- regional dialect group ×2
- Levantine culture ×1
- Native American cultural area ×1
- North American culture area ×1
- anthropological region ×1
- civilizational sphere ×1
- cultural and linguistic sphere ×1
- cultural heritage region ×1
- cultural-linguistic grouping ×1
- culture area ×1
- ethno-linguistic region ×1
- geo-cultural region ×1
- geocultural region ×1
- historical culture area ×1
- linguistic community territory ×1
- linguistic-cultural region ×1
- regional identity ×1
Instances (188)
- northern India
- Pacific Northwest
- Micronesia
- Spisz ("ethnographic region")
- Middle Belt
- Siberia
- Arab world
- Polynesia
- eastern Australia
- Caribbean
- Kartli
- Melanesia
- Islamic world
- California cultural area ("culture area")
- Southern Italy
- Central Italy
- West Indies
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Lower Colorado River region
- Podhale
- Anglosphere ("cultural-linguistic grouping")
- Southern Norway
- German-speaking Europe
- Samtskhe-Javakheti
- Spanish-speaking world ("linguistic-cultural region")
- Orawa ("ethnographic region")
- Alsace
- Mahakoshal region
- Flanders ("linguistic region")
- Wallonia ("linguistic community territory")
- Eastern Ontario
- Northern Europe
- Punjab
- Normandy
- Latin West ("cultural sphere")
- Greater Iran
- Pacific Islands
- Hollywood
- Sinosphere ("cultural sphere")
- Nubia
- Bible Belt
- Nordic
- Western India
- Appalachia
- Central Mexico
- Romandie
- Malay world
- Kyushu dialect ("regional dialect group")
- Brittany
- Basque Country
- Northern England
- Romandy
- Bohemia
- Aridoamerica
- Maritime Southeast Asia
- Karelia
- Indus Valley ("archaeological region")
- Isthmo-Colombian Area
- South India
- Arkansas River region
- Polynesian outliers
- East Frisia
- New England
- French Caribbean
- Celtic nations
- Westphalia
- Lingnan
- Guianas
- Western Europe
- Southern United States
- Black Belt (U.S. region)
- Pasundan
- southern China
- Bundelkhand
- Ancient Mediterranean world
- Northern United States
- West African languages ("linguistic area")
- Turkic world ("cultural and linguistic sphere")
- Gaelic Ireland
- Gaeltacht regions of Ireland ("linguistic region")
- Mesoamerica
- Northern California
- southern Germany
- Kurdistan ("geo-cultural region")
- Ark-La-Tex
- South Texas
- New England life ("regional culture")
- St. John Valley
- Levant region
- New England Yankee ("regional identity")
- Bengal
- Southern Maine
- Ohio Valley region
- Eastern Arabia
- Lowlands
- South Florida
- Gold Country
- Mithila region
- Caucasian languages (areal grouping) ("linguistic area")
- Northeast Woodlands
- Podlasie ("ethnographic region")
- English-speaking Canada
- Southeastern Woodlands
- Mesopotamia
- Northern New Mexico
- Alpine Celtic culture ("historical culture area")
- Deep South
- Phoenician civilization ("Levantine culture")
- Malwa (Punjab)
- Mewar
- Doaba
- Europe and North America ("cultural heritage region")
- Braj
- Majha
- Lusatia
- Hindi Belt ("linguistic region")
- Yorkshire Dales
- Andes cultural area
- North Florida
- Scandinavia
- Lorraine
- Mississippi River culture ("regional culture")
- Central Asia
- German-speaking Switzerland
- Interior Alaska
- Nordic countries
- Southern California
- Slavic cultural sphere ("cultural sphere")
- Harlem
- California linguistic area ("linguistic area")
- Hadoti
- Southern France
- Driftless Area
- Eastern Woodlands
- Vogtland
- Kumaon
- Red River Valley
- Sotavento
- Marwar
- Balkan Sprachbund ("linguistic area")
- Central Kentucky
- Southern Nigeria
- Eastern Europe
- Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan
- Huizhou (historical region)
- Sea Islands region
- Twente
- Left Bank of the Seine
- Latin America
- Franken
- Indo-Pacific linguistic area ("linguistic area")
- Western American English ("regional dialect group")
- Wampanoag homelands
- American South (19th and early 20th centuries)
- Kentucky Bluegrass region
- Samogitia ("ethnographic region")
- Carolinas
- Garhwal
- Dutch America
- southern Punjab, Pakistan
- Heptanese
- East Anglia
- Hausaland
- Black Belt
- Góral (Highlander) culture ("regional culture")
- Cascadia
- Brno region