Definitions for "Zapotec"
ZAH po tek indigenous people of the Oaxaca/Monte Albán region
a member of of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900
(Nahuatl) An ethnic group inhabiting the modern state of Oaxaca in Mexico. Before the conquest, the Zapotec paid tribute to the Aztec empire.
Keywords:  language, people
the language of the Zapotec people