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DIALECT ATLAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dialect atlas mean?
• DIALECT ATLAS (noun)
The noun DIALECT ATLAS has 1 sense:
1. an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features
Familiarity information: DIALECT ATLAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
dialect atlas; linguistic atlas
Hypernyms ("dialect atlas" is a kind of...):
atlas; book of maps; map collection (a collection of maps in book form)
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