ZAPOTECAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zapotecan mean? 

• ZAPOTECAN (noun)
  The noun ZAPOTECAN 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: ZAPOTECAN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZAPOTECAN (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 ("Zapotecan" 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 ("Zapotecan" is a kind of...):

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