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Zapotec
[ zap-uh-tek, zah-puh-; Spanish sah-paw-tek ]
noun
- a member of an American Indian people living in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- the Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.
adjective
- Archaeology. of or relating to a Mesoamerican Indian civilization of the Oaxaca region of Mexico c600 b.c. to a.d. 1000, characterized by a bar-and-dot system of enumeration, a calendar of Mayan derivation, ball courts, and underground frescoed tombs.
Zapotec
/ ˈzɑːpəˌtɛk /
noun
- AlsoZapotecanˌzæpəʊˈtɛkənˌzɑː- -tecs-tec any member of a large tribe of central American Indians inhabiting S Mexico, esp the Mexican state of Oaxaca
- the group of languages spoken by this people
adjective
- AlsoZapotecan of or relating to this people or their language
Word History and Origins
Origin of Zapotec1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Zapotec1
Example Sentences
When looking through the vast selection, visitors can find stories from almost every Latin American country and even a few in Indigenous languages like Nahuatl and Zapotec.
That vibrant red, a hue prized in Zapotec culture for 2,000 years, is derived from the cochineal, a tiny insect that thrives on nopal cactus.
The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman.
The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman.
The muxe — Indigenous Zapotec people in Mexico — view themselves as neither man nor woman.
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