Sinosphere

English

Etymology

From Sino- +‎ -sphere, coined by James Matisoff along with Indosphere in his 1990 article "On Megalocomparison".[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Sinosphere

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

Synonyms

Sinesia (archaic)

Coordinate terms

Sinesian (archaic); Sinaic (obsolete)

Translations

Area considered greatly influenced by Han Chinese culture

Asturian: Sinoesfera
Chinese:
Mandarin: (Chinese cultural sphere) 中華文化圈／中华文化圈 (zh) (Zhōnghuá wénhuàquān), (Chinese character cultural sphere) 漢字文化圈／汉字文化圈 (zh) (hànzì wénhuàquān)
Danish: sinosfære c
Dutch: Sinosfeer
Finnish: itäaasialainen kulttuuripiiri
French: sinosphère (fr) f
German: Sinosphäre f
Italian: sinosfera f
Japanese: 漢字文化圏 (かんじぶんかけん)
Korean: 한자 문화권 (hanja munhwagwon)
Lithuanian: Sinosfera
Norwegian: Sinosfæren
Portuguese: sinosfera f
Spanish: sinoesfera f
Vietnamese: vùng văn hoá chữ Hán, vùng văn hoá Á Đông, vùng văn hoá Đông Á

References

Victor Mair (2012 November 8) “Sinophone and Sinosphere”, in Language Log‎, retrieved 23 April 2020

Anagrams

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