New American Oxford Dictionary
Zapotec
Za po tec |ˈzäpəˌtek ˈzɑpətɛk | ▶noun ( pl. same or Zapotecs ) 1 a member of an American Indian people living in and around Oaxaca in southern Mexico. 2 the Otomanguean language of this people. ▶adjective of or relating to the Zapotec or their language. ORIGIN from Spanish zapoteco, from Nahuatl tzapoteca, plural of tzapotecatl, literally ‘person of the place of the sapodilla. ’
Oxford Dictionary
Zapotec
Zapotec |ˈzapətɛk | ▶noun ( pl. same or Zapotecs ) 1 a member of an American Indian people living in and around Oaxaca in southern Mexico. 2 [ mass noun ] the Otomanguean language of the Zapotec, with some 300,000 speakers. ▶adjective relating to the Zapotec or their language. ORIGIN from Spanish zapoteco, from Nahuatl tzapoteca, plural of tzapotecatl, literally ‘person of the place of the sapodilla ’.
Spanish Dictionary
zapoteca
zapoteca adjetivo /nombre común 1 [persona ] Que pertenece a un grupo indígena mesoamericano que habitó en el valle mexicano de Oaxaca y actualmente está diseminado por diversos estados mexicanos :el principal centro de los zapotecas fue Monte Albán .2 adjetivo Relativo a este pueblo :arte zapoteca; el calendario zapoteca .3 nombre masculino /adjetivo Lengua de este pueblo .
zapoteco, -ca
zapoteco, -ca adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Zapoteca .