OLMEC

Meaning of OLMEC in English

noun Etymology: Nahuatl Õlmēcah, a coastal people in Aztec history, from Õlmān, their homeland, probably from ōlli rubber Date: 1880 an ancient people of the southern east coast of Mexico who flourished about 1200 to 400 ; B.C.

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OLMEC — First elaborate pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica. The Olmec lived in the lowland gulf coast of what is now southern Mexico. …
Английский словарь Британика
OLMEC — I. ˈälˌmek noun also ol·me·ca älˈmākə ( plural olmec or olmecs also olmeca or olmecas ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLMEC — /ol"mek, ohl"-/ , adj., n., pl. Olmecs , ( esp. collectively ) Olmec . Archaeol. adj. 1. of or designating …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLMEC — noun Etymology: Nahuatl Õlmēcah, a coastal people in Aztec history, from Õlmān, their homeland, probably from ōlli rubber Date: 1880 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OLMEC — [ 'ɒlmɛk ] ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) 1》 a member of a prehistoric people who lived …
Concise Oxford English vocab
OLMEC — the first elaborate pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica, and one that is thought to have set many of the fundamental patterns …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLMEC — Olmec BrE AmE ˈɒl mek ˈəʊl-, ⇨ˈɒʊl- AmE \ ˈoʊl-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OLMEC — n. First elaborate pre-Columbian culture of Mesoamerica. The Olmec lived in the lowland gulf coast of what is now southern …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLMEC — Ольмеки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
OLMEC — n. Pronunciation: ' äl- ˌ mek, ' ō l- Function: noun Etymology: Nahuatl Ō lm ē cah, a coastal people …
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VERACRUZ — I State (pop., 2000: 6,908,975), east-central Mexico. Bordering the Gulf of Mexico , it occupies 27,683 sq mi (71,699 sq …
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UAXACTÚN — Ancient Maya ruins, north-central Guatemala. One of the oldest known centres of Maya civilization, it was occupied in the 1st …
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TABASCO — State (pop., 2000: 1,891,829), southeastern Mexico. It covers an area of 9,756 sq mi (25,267 sq km), and its capital …
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NORTH AMERICA — Continent, Western Hemisphere. The third-largest continent on earth, it lies mostly between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer …
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MEXICO — I officially United Mexican States Country, southern North America. The Rio Grande forms part of its northeastern border with the …
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MESOAMERICAN RELIGIONS — Religions of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Central America, notably the Olmec , Maya , Toltec , and Aztec …
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MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATION — Complex of aboriginal cultures that developed in parts of Mexico and Central America before the Spanish conquest in the 16th …
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OLMECA — noun see olmec I
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IZAPA — n. archaeological site in central Mexico which contains ruins of the of Olmec civilization
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TONALPOHUALLI — 260-day sacred almanac of many ancient Meso-American cultures, including the Maya, Mixtec, and Aztec. Used as early as the pre-Classic …
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PRE-COLUMBIAN CIVILIZATIONS — the aboriginal American Indian cultures that evolved in Meso-America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western …
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YEAR IN REVIEW 1996: ANTHROPOLOGY-AND-ARCHAEOLOGY — ARCHAEOLOGY Prevailing political turmoil continued to close off the possibility for archaeological fieldwork in many parts of the Old World …
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VERACRUZ — estado (state), east-central Mexico. Long and narrow, it stretches 430 miles (690 km) along the coast of the Gulf of …
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UAXACTN — ruined ancient Mayan city of the southern lowlands, located in what is now north-central Guatemala, about 12 miles (20 km) …
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TABASCO PLAIN — tropical lowland on the Gulf of Mexico, Tabasco state, southeastern Mexico. Occupying the coastal lowlands south of the Isthmus of …
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TABASCO — state, southeastern Mexico, bounded on the northwest by the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, east by Campeche, …
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NORTH AMERICA — third in size among the world's continents, lying for the most part between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of …
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NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS — arts of the aboriginal Americans, often called American Indians. The art itself is often referred to as Indian art. The …
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY — Spanish Museo Nacional De Antropologa, in Mexico City, world-famous repository of some 600,000 art and other objects relating to Mexico. …
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MIDDLE AMERICAN INDIAN — member of any of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the area from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. The physical spine of Middle …
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MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATION — the complex of aboriginal cultures that developed in parts of Mexico and Central America prior to Spanish exploration and conquest …
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