n.
Pronunciation: m ē s- ' tek, mis-, m ē sh-, mish-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Mixtec or Mixtecs
Etymology: American Spanish mixteco , from Nahuatl mixt ē catl, literally, inhabitant of Mixtlan (mountainous area of western Oaxaca), from mix - cloud + - t ē catl person (from)
Date: 1850
1 : the language of the Mixtec people
2 : a member of an American Indian people of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico