Zapotec

Zapotec
1. noun
a) A member of an indigenous people of Mexico, concentrated in the state of Oaxaca and spread into some neighbouring states.
b) Any of a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken by the Zapotec people.
a) Of or relating to the Zapotec people.
b) Of or relating to their language.

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