Definitions for Mixtecs

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Mixtecs Mix·tec

Spelling: [mees-tek]

IPA: /ˈmis tɛk/

Mixtecs is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in Mixtecs (ceimstx).

Definitions for Mixtecs

noun

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.

Origin of Mixtecs

1840-50; Mexican Spanish mixteco Nahuatl mixtēcah, plural of mixtēcatl person from Mixtlān (mix(tli) cloud + -tlān locative suffix, -tēcatl suffix of personal nouns)

Examples for Mixtecs

The priest, an excellent man, is a pure-blooded Mixtec indian, talking the language as his mother tongue.