Zapotec definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or relating to the language or culture of the Zapotec people n 1: a member of a large tribe of ... southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900 [syn: Zapotec, Zapotecan] 2: the language of the Zapotec [syn: Zapotec, Zapotecan] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Spanish zapoteca, from Nahuatl ...