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Zapotec

za·po·tec

uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people

noun

1.

a member of of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900

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2.

the language of the Zapotec people

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Origin

From Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl tzapotēcah, plural of tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).

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