relic area: Meaning and Definition of

rel'ic ar"ea

Pronunciation: [key]
— Ling. Ling.
  1. (in dialect geography) an area isolated from the influences of any focal area and preserving older linguistic forms that have been lost in other regions. Cf.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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