MIXTEC


Meaning of MIXTEC in English

— Mixtecan , adj. , n.

/mees"tek/ , n. , pl. Mixtecs , ( esp. collectively ) Mixtec for 1.

1. a member of an Amerindian people of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Puebla, Mexico.

2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Mixtecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.

Also, Mixteco .

[ 1840-50; mixteco mixtecah, pl. of MIXTECATL person from Mixtlan ( mix ( tli ) cloud + -tlan locative suffix, - tecatl suffix of personal nouns) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .