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
- bright teal
- bright teal blue
- bright teal green
- bright turquoise
- bright turquoise blue
- bright turquoise green
- Bright's disease
- bright-cut
- bright-eyed
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- bright-field
- bright-light district
- bright-line
- bright-line spectrum
- brighta
- brighten
- brightened
- brightener
- brighteners
- brightening
- brightens
- brighter
- brightest
- brighteyes
- brighting