adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to the Zapotec people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
Zapotec
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to their language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Meaning 3
Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people.
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
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adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 6
the language of the Zapotec
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Zapotecan
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Broader terms: Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language
noun
Meaning 7
a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Zapotecan
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Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
History
Etymology
From Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl tzapotēcah, plural of tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: zapotèque — of or relating to the Zapotec people
- Hindi: सापोतेक (sāpotek) — of or relating to the Zapotec people
- Polish: zapotecki — of or relating to the Zapotec people
- Spanish: zapoteco — of or relating to the Zapotec people
- Breton: Zapotekeg — of or relating to their language
- Italian: zapoteco — of or relating to their language
- Polish: zapotecki — of or relating to their language
- Sardinian: zapotecu — of or relating to their language
- Spanish: zapoteco — of or relating to their language
- Spanish: zapoteco — any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people
- Finnish: zapoteekki — member of indigenous people of Mexico
- French: Zapothèque — member of indigenous people of Mexico
- Hindi: सापोतेक (sāpotek) — member of indigenous people of Mexico
- Classical Nahuatl: Tzapotecatl — member of indigenous people of Mexico
- Spanish: zapoteca — member of indigenous people of Mexico