Zapotec

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noun

A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.

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ZapotecanZapotec languageZapotecan language
OriginSpanish zapoteca ← Nahuatl tzapotēcah →
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Meanings

nounZapotec (plural Zapotecs or Zapotec)

plural Zapotecs

  1. A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
proper noun
  1. Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people.
adjectiveZapotec (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or relating to the Zapotec people.

    Synonyms: Zapotecan

  2. not comparableOf or relating to their language.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or relating to the Zapotec people.

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Zapotecan

More synonyms by meaning

nouna member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900

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Zapotecan
Broader
AmerindianNative American

nounthe language of the Zapotec

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ZapotecanZapotec languageZapotecan language
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Uto-AztecanUto-Aztecan language
Also see
zapotecan

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Nahuatltzapotēcah
  2. Spanishzapoteca
  3. EnglishZapotec

From Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl tzapotēcah, plural of tzapotēcatl (“inhabitant of the place of sapote”).

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Translations

Finnish zapoteekki
  • zapoteekkimember of indigenous people of Mexico
French Zapothèque, zapotèque
  • Zapothèquemember of indigenous people of Mexico
  • zapotèqueof or relating to the Zapotec people
Hindi सापोतेक, सापोतेक
  • सापोतेक (sāpotek)member of indigenous people of Mexico
  • सापोतेक (sāpotek)of or relating to the Zapotec people
Italian zapoteco
  • zapotecoof or relating to their language
Polish zapotecki, zapotecki
  • zapoteckiof or relating to the Zapotec people
  • zapoteckiof or relating to their language
Spanish zapoteca, zapoteco
  • zapotecamember of indigenous people of Mexico
  • zapotecoany of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people
  • zapotecoof or relating to the Zapotec people
  • zapotecoof or relating to their language
Cite this entry
APA

Zapotec. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapotec

MLA

“Zapotec.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapotec. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zapotec,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zapotec.

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