Zapotecan

Other forms: Zapotecans

Definitions of Zapotecan
  1. noun
    a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
    synonyms: Zapotec
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    type of:
    American Indian, Red Indian
    a dated term referring to the Indigenous people of North, Central, and South America
  2. noun
    the language of the Zapotec
    synonyms: Zapotec
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    type of:
    Uto-Aztecan, Uto-Aztecan language
    a family of American Indian languages
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