n.
Pronunciation: ˌ zä-p ə - ' tek, ˌ sä-
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl tzapot ē cah, plural of tzapot ē catl, literally, person of (the land of) sapodillas, from tzapotl sapodilla fruit + - t ē catl person (from)
Date: 1843
: a member of an American Indian people of Oaxaca state, Mexico