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Zapotec
Zapotec [ zápə tek ] (plural Zapotec or Zapotecs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. Native Central American people: a member of a Native Central American people who founded a Mesoamerican civilization in the region of Oaxaca, Mexico, between the 7th century bc and the 11th century ad, and now live in the highlands of the same region
2. Oto-Manguean language: the Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotec people. Native speakers: 500,000.
[Late 18th century. Via Spanish zapoteco< Nahuatl tzapotecatl 'person from the place of the sapodilla']

Zapotecan adjective
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