English Explanatory Dictionary

Zapotec

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
name
  1. Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the Zapotec people.
  2. Of or relating to their language.

Word forms

Zapotec Zapotecs

Etymology

From Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl tzapotēcah, plural of tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).

Synonyms

Zapotecan

Derived words

Zapotec nest
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