Main Entry:

Mix·tec

Pronunciation:

\mēs-ˈtek, mis-, mēsh-, mish-\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Mixtec or Mixtecs

Etymology:

American Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcatl, literally, inhabitant of Mixtlan (mountainous area of western Oaxaca), from mix- cloud + -tēcatl person (from)

Date:

1850

1 : the language of the Mixtec people 2 : a member of an American Indian people of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico