Kulturkreis
noun
Kul·tur·kreis
-ˌkrīs
plural Kulturkreise
-īzə
: a culture complex developing in successive epochs from its center of origin and becoming diffused over large areas of the world
the horse-raising peoples in the primary herding Kulturkreise
Lawrence Krader
Lawrence Kraderthe concept of the Kulturkreise developed by the Vienna school of ethnology
Word History
Etymology
German, from kultur + kreis area, circle, from Old High German kreiz circular line, encirclement, district; akin to Middle Low German kreit, krēt circle, enclosed dueling space, Old High German krizzōn to scratch in (as letters), krazzōn to scratch
- too near for comfort
- too numerous to list
- too numerous to mention
- too numerous to mention/list
- too soon
- too-muchness
- too-too
- toodle-oo
- Tooele
- tooer
- tooest
- took
- took (away)
- took a battering
- took a hike
- took a parting shot
- took a pass
- took a powder
- took aback
- took account of
- took after
- took against
- took apart
- took attendance
- took away