English Explanatory Dictionary

Zapatista

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to Zapatismo.
  2. Of or relating to the Zapatistas.
noun
  1. A member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution.
  2. A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous leftist group that formed in the jungles of Chiapas in 1983 and coordinated an uprising on January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA took effect.

Pronunciation

/ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/ /ˌzæ.pəˈtis.tə/ /sæ-/

Word forms

Zapatista Zapatist Zapatistas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zapatista.

Related words

Neozapatista Zapata County Zapata mustache Zapata rail Zapata sparrow Zapata wren Zapata Neozapatismo Zapatismo ELS EZLN
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