Zapotec

noun, plural Za·po·tecs, (especially collectively) Za·po·tec for 1.

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

3. 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.

noun

1. Also: Zapotecan (ˌzæpəʊˈtɛkən, ˌzɑː-) plural -tecs or -tec any member of a large tribe of central American Indians inhabiting S Mexico, esp the Mexican state of Oaxaca
2. the group of languages spoken by this people

adjective

3. Also: Zapotecan of or relating to this people or their language