Zapotec

Meanings

Noun

  • A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.

Proper Noun

  • Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people.

Adjective

  • Of or relating to the Zapotec people.
  • Of or relating to their language.

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Origin

  • From Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl TzapotÄ“cah, plural of TzapotÄ“catl.

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