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A region extending south and east from central Mexico to include parts of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In pre-Columbian times it was inhabited by diverse civilizations, including the Mayan and the Olmec.
In some writings from the 1920s and 1930s the alternative term Middle America was used to refer to Mesoamerica, but that acception of the term has generally fallen out of favor. See Middle America.
Can I say أميركا الوسطى? And if so, how to distinguish then between "Mesoamerica" and "Central America" in Arabic? I came across both terms in my documentary.
Explanation: It is also referred to as Central America, the latter of which also includes Panama, El-Slavador. Please see link for detailed information. Note, Mexico is a part of North America and perhaps the difference here lies in the fact that parts of Mexico is included in Meso-America.
I might add this quote from the link cited:
" there was a nation of Central America in the early 19th century, consisting of the present day nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (and a portion of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas). This was sometimes known as the United Provinces of Central America or the United States of Central America.
The related term Mesoamerica (occasionally also called "Middle America") is used in English mostly restricted to referring to the Pre-Columbian Native American cultures of this region, which extended north into central Mexico."
I think that should pretty much answer your question.
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You could call it أمريكا الوسطى التاريخية. I hope this would help.
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I did not mean to be pushy, except tyhat there are some terms, which get graded within minutes (or a couple of hours at the most after being noticed) after they have been put on!
Explanation: although the three terms refer to the same geographical location, but since they have three alternative names in English, you could as well give them three alternatives in Arabic. For example:
Mesoamerica = أواسط الأمريكتين، ما بين الأمريكتين
على غرار بلاد الرافدين أي ما بين النهرين
mesopotamia
Middle America = وسط الأمريكتين
Central America = أمريكا الوسطى
Randa F Lebanon Local time: 15:40 Native speaker of: Arabic PRO pts in category: 4
Explanation: It is also referred to as Central America, the latter of which also includes Panama, El-Slavador. Please see link for detailed information. Note, Mexico is a part of North America and perhaps the difference here lies in the fact that parts of Mexico is included in Meso-America.
I might add this quote from the link cited:
" there was a nation of Central America in the early 19th century, consisting of the present day nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (and a portion of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas). This was sometimes known as the United Provinces of Central America or the United States of Central America.
The related term Mesoamerica (occasionally also called "Middle America") is used in English mostly restricted to referring to the Pre-Columbian Native American cultures of this region, which extended north into central Mexico."
I think that should pretty much answer your question.
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You could call it أمريكا الوسطى التاريخية. I hope this would help.
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 days 14 hrs 50 mins (2005-07-07 00:59:37 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
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