Definitions for Zapotec

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Zapotec Za·po·tec

Spelling: [zap-uh-tek, zah-puh-;

IPA: /ˈzæp əˌtɛk, ˈzɑ pə-; Spanish ˌsɑ pɔˈtɛk/

Zapotec is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in Zapotec (aceoptz).

Definitions for Zapotec

noun

1. a member of an American Indian people living in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
2. the Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.

adjective

1. Archaeology. of or relating to a Mesoamerican Indian civilization of the Oaxaca region of Mexico c600 b.c. to a.d. 1000, characterized by a bar-and-dot system of enumeration, a calendar of Mayan derivation, ball courts, and underground frescoed tombs.

Origin of Zapotec

Mexican Spanish zapoteco Nahuatl tzapotēcah, plural of tzapotēcatl person from Tzapotlān (tzapo(tl) sapodilla + -tēcatl suffix of personal nouns, -tlān locative suffix)

Examples for Zapotec

The Zapotec names are somewhat difficult to bring into harmony with the others.

The signification of the Maya and Cakchiquel names, and also of the Zapotec, is “night” or “darkness.”

The temple cave at Mictlan bore a similar reputation, and served as a sepulchre for the Zapotec grandees.

It will be remembered that this town is Zapotec, Coatlan being the last Mixe town.

He has already published a grammar of the Zapotec, as spoken in his village.

The proper interpretation of the Zapotec name therefore appears to be very doubtful.

The Zapotec language is still spoken by about 260 natives in the State of Oajaca.

The women dress much like the Zapotec women in the neighboring towns.

He was a young man, an indian in the usual dress, apparently a Zapotec.

Thus, Petela, an ancient Zapotec cacique whose name signified dog, was worshiped in the cavern of Coatlan.