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vernacular region: a standalone construct

One name. One construct. A landmark on the map.

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Human geography

a region defined by ordinary people's shared perception and naming rather than by official or analytic boundaries.

In human geography, vernacular region refers to a region defined by ordinary people's shared perception and naming rather than by official or analytic boundaries. This meaning comes from Zelinsky (1980) in Annals of the Association of American Geographers.[1]

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association4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs ordinary1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct perception3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Zelinsky, W. (1980). North America's Vernacular Regions. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 70(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1980.tb01293.x

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