MIXTEC


Meaning of MIXTEC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mēs-ˈtek, mis-, mēsh-, mish- ]

noun

( plural Mixtec or Mixtecs )

Etymology: American Spanish mixteco , from Nahuatl mixtēcatl, literally, inhabitant of Mixtlan (mountainous area of western Oaxaca), from mix - cloud + - tēcatl 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.