Definition of Olmec
:an ancient people of the southern east coast of Mexico who flourished about 1200 to 400 b.c.
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Origin and Etymology of olmec
Nahuatl Ōlmēcah, a coastal people in Aztec history, from Ōlmān, their homeland, probably from ōlli rubber
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