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.

All labels observed (70)

Label Occurrences
cultural region canonical 766
linguistic area 52
archaeological region 36

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: cultural region
Generated description
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.

Instances (992)

Instance Via concept surface
Southern Britain
Mustang
Andalusian culture regional culture
Southern California car culture regional culture
Central African linguistic area linguistic area
Tsum
Ga traditional area cultural jurisdiction
Ga Traditional Area
Sukuma–Nyamwezi cultural complex historical-cultural region
German-speaking Switzerland
North Highlands
Nitassinan (Innu traditional territory in Labrador)
surface form: Nitassinan
Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands
Southeast Asia linguistic area linguistic area
Mormon Corridor
Halychyna
Rhine region
Eje Cafetero (Coffee-Growers Axis)
surface form: Eje Cafetero
Lubemba
RAW-Gelände Kulturareal
Interior Alaska
Nordic countries
Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group linguistic area
Southern California
Appalachian region of Pennsylvania
Bayu culture regional culture
Slavic cultural sphere cultural sphere
Tell Fekheriye region (proposed for Washukanni)
surface form: Tell Fekheriye region
archaeological region
Xanthos Valley archaeological region
Harlem
Taron
Tibetan areas in Yunnan ethnographic region
Virumaa traditional cultural region
Ejutla Valley
Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley margins linguistic area
Madawaska
California linguistic area linguistic area
South Asian linguistic area linguistic area
Fayum Depression archaeological region
Lake Nasser region
Black Belt for soil and demographics
surface form: Black Belt (soil and demographics)
Busoga
Toro
Hadoti
Sinu Valley
Southern France
Hewraman
Avroman
Qishan area archaeological region
Bahdinan region