Definition of Mixtec
Mixtec
orMixtecs
1 : the language of the Mixtec people
2 : a member of an American Indian people of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico
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Origin and Etymology of mixtec
American Spanish mixteco, from Nahuatl mixtēcatl, literally, inhabitant of Mixtlan (mountainous area of western Oaxaca), from mix- cloud + -tēcatl person (from)
First Known Use: 1850
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