ZAPOTEC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zapotec mean? 

• ZAPOTEC (noun)
  The noun ZAPOTEC has 2 senses:

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

2. the language of the Zapotec

  Familiarity information: ZAPOTEC used as a noun is rare.

• ZAPOTEC (adjective)
  The adjective ZAPOTEC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people

  Familiarity information: ZAPOTEC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZAPOTEC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Zapotec; Zapotecan

Hypernyms ("Zapotec" is a kind of...):

Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The language of the Zapotec

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Zapotec; Zapotecan

Hypernyms ("Zapotec" is a kind of...):

Uto-Aztecan; Uto-Aztecan language (a family of American Indian languages)

• ZAPOTEC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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