dialect atlas

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   an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features

   Synonymslinguistic atlas

   Broaderatlas

Questions about dialect atlas

What does dialect atlas mean?

dialect atlas means "an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features".

What is another word for dialect atlas?

Close synonyms include linguistic atlas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dialect atlas a common word?

dialect atlas is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.