— Mesoamerican , adj. , n.
/mez'oh euh mer"i keuh, mes'-, mee'zoh-, -soh-/ , n.
1. Anthropol. , Archaeol. the area extending approximately from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua in which diverse pre-Columbian civilizations flourished.
2. (loosely) Central America.
Also, Meso-America .
[ MESO- + AMERICA ]