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Zapotec
[ zap-uh-tek, zah-puh-; Spanish sah-paw-tek ]
noun
, plural Za·po·tecs, (especially collectively) Za·po·tec
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Zapotec1
< Mexican Spanish zapoteco < Nahuatl tzapotēcah, plural of tzapotēcatl person from Tzapotlān ( tzapo ( tl ) sapodilla + -tēcatl suffix of personal nouns, -tlān locative suffix)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Zapotec1
from Spanish Zapoteca, from Nahuatl Tzapoteca, literally: people of the land of the sapodillas, from tzapotl sapodilla
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Example Sentences
They were among the first to submit to the Zapotec kings, in the hope of being allowed to retain their wealth.
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He has also printed a little tract for lovers, in which high-sounding phrases are translated from the Spanish into Zapotec.
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There is an interesting commerce carried on in Juave towns by Zapotec traders from Juchitan.
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As elsewhere, we were impressed with the independent bearing and freeness of the Zapotec woman.
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Benito Juarez, who laid the foundations on which Diaz has so magnificently built, was a pure-blood Zapotec.
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