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Sinosphere

The English word “Sinosphere” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. The area of East and Southeast Asia considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture.

Etymology

From Sino- + -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".

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