ZAPOTEC


Meaning of ZAPOTEC in English

[ 'zapətɛk ]

■ noun ( plural same or ~s )

1》 a member of an American Indian people of southern Mexico.

2》 the language of the ~.

Origin

from Sp. zapoteco , from Nahuatl tzapoteca (plural) 'people of the place of the sapodilla'.

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