Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Mesoamerican Indian people centered at Monte Albán in southern Mexico, whose civilization reached its height around AD 300–900.
- noun A modern-day descendant of this people.
- noun Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken in southern Mexico by the Zapotec.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of an
indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state ofOaxaca 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.
- adjective Of or relating to their language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people
- noun a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
- noun the language of the Zapotec
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Zapotec is one of sixteen indigenous cultures still thriving today in the state of Oaxaca.
Temazcal In Oaxaca 2007
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Zapotec is one of sixteen indigenous cultures still thriving today in the state of Oaxaca.
Temazcal In Oaxaca 2007
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March of the Zapotec is the sound of the more traditional aspects of Beirut with lots of old world, European influences, while
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This is to inform you that we are doing all kind of Zapotec rugs and blankets and other textiles
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At UCLA and other schools, some students are forgoing French, Spanish and Chinese to try indigenous Latin American languages such as Zapotec, Mixtec and Quechua.
latimes.com - News 2010
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Chinese to try rarely offered indigenous Latin American languages such as Zapotec, Mixtec,
latimes.com - News 2010
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You can have a Zapotec style lunch there in a nice restaurant on the highway soon after you pass the crest of the mountain.
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The story goes that most men died during the Revolution and that the Zapotec women imported men to the area.
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Another difference with other Zapotec villages is that homosexuality is totally accepted.
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I look forward to that Zapotec-style lunch and to the journey that will take me through yet another beautiful part of Mexico.
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