- a member of an American Indian people living in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- the Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotecs, consisting of a number of highly divergent dialects.
- 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.
- any member of a large tribe of central American Indians inhabiting S Mexico, esp the Mexican state of Oaxaca
- the group of languages spoken by this people
- of or relating to this people or their language
