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zacateco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
za-cate-co
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Native American indigenous group who inhabited most of what is now the state of Zacatecas and the northeastern part of Durango.

Etymology

Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl zacatl Classical Nahuatl tecatl Classical Nahuatl zacatecatlbor. Spanish zacatecobor. English Zacateco Borrowed from Spanish zacateco.

Inflected Forms

Zacatecos (plural) Zacatec (alternative) Zacateca (alternative)

Questions

What does zacateco mean?
A member of a Native American indigenous group who inhabited most of what is now the state of Zacatecas and the northeastern part of Durango.
Where does zacateco come from?
Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl zacatl Classical Nahuatl tecatl Classical Nahuatl zacatecatlbor. Spanish zacatecobor. English Zacateco Borrowed from Spanish zacateco.

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