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Definition of Mixtec in English: MixtecnounPlural Mixtecs ˈmɪstɛkˈmēstek 1A member of an indigenous people of southern Mexico, noted for their skill in pottery and metallurgy. 米斯特克人(属墨西哥南部一美洲印第安族,以制陶和冶金著名) Example sentencesExamples - The sculptures depict the sacred symbolism used in the costumes of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs, two of the main pre-Hispanic societies of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
- A major feature of the transnational movement was the formation of ethnic enclaves by both Mixtecs and Zapotecs in major employment centers at destinations.
- He argues that the Aztecs and Mixtecs had their own history and their own writing systems and should be understood and appreciated as such without necessary reference to the Old World.
- The author has produced a work on the Mixtecs of colonial Mexico which rivals the best of that on any of these other better-known and documented groups.
- Zapotec influence disappeared, although the site was partially reoccupied by the Mixtec.
2The Otomanguean language of the Mixtec, spoken by about 250,000 people in several dialects. 米斯特克语(属奥托曼格语系,约有250, 000人使用,有多种方言) Example sentencesExamples - After dropping out of music school, she was back home in Oaxaca, Mexico, when a neighbour asked her to translate a document from English into Mixtec.
- On stage, she is like a woman possessed, speaking in many tongues - her mother's Mixtec, the florid Castillian of romantic ballads, and the oaky English of North American folksongs.
- All of these elements are rallied into a cohesive whole, whether she is singing in English, Spanish or any one of four native Indian languages, including the Mixtec of her own background.
- My nephew tried to organize these farmworkers, only to discover that they did not speak Spanish and he spoke no Mixtec.
- The typical resident is 18 years old, speaks Spanish or Mixtec, and works all day in the blast-furnace desert heat.
adjective ˈmɪstɛkˈmēstek Relating to the Mixtec or their language. (与)米斯特克人(有关)的;(与)米斯特克语(有关)的 Example sentencesExamples - Terraciano rightly points to the ways in which Christian formulas in Mixtec testaments can mask a most unorthodox Christianity.
- The region was dominated by confederacies of Mixtec and Zapotec royal families, who constantly expanded their control through marriage alliances.
- Terraciano has a number of distinguished predecessors, among them Ronald Spores, who threw light on many aspects of prehispanic, colonial, and modern Mixtec affairs.
- She came to Oregon from her Mixtec community in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 1987, following her husband, who was legalized that same year.
- As with the Nahua-speaking Aztecs of central Mexico during the same era, a three-stage scheme of language change seems to fit the Mixtec case.
OriginSpanish, from Nahuatl mixtecah 'person from a cloudy place'. Definition of Mixtec in US English: Mixtecnounˈmēstek 1A member of an indigenous people of southern Mexico, noted for their skill in pottery and metallurgy. 米斯特克人(属墨西哥南部一美洲印第安族,以制陶和冶金著名) Example sentencesExamples - Zapotec influence disappeared, although the site was partially reoccupied by the Mixtec.
- The author has produced a work on the Mixtecs of colonial Mexico which rivals the best of that on any of these other better-known and documented groups.
- The sculptures depict the sacred symbolism used in the costumes of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs, two of the main pre-Hispanic societies of Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
- He argues that the Aztecs and Mixtecs had their own history and their own writing systems and should be understood and appreciated as such without necessary reference to the Old World.
- A major feature of the transnational movement was the formation of ethnic enclaves by both Mixtecs and Zapotecs in major employment centers at destinations.
2The Otomanguean language of the Mixtec. Example sentencesExamples - My nephew tried to organize these farmworkers, only to discover that they did not speak Spanish and he spoke no Mixtec.
- All of these elements are rallied into a cohesive whole, whether she is singing in English, Spanish or any one of four native Indian languages, including the Mixtec of her own background.
- On stage, she is like a woman possessed, speaking in many tongues - her mother's Mixtec, the florid Castillian of romantic ballads, and the oaky English of North American folksongs.
- After dropping out of music school, she was back home in Oaxaca, Mexico, when a neighbour asked her to translate a document from English into Mixtec.
- The typical resident is 18 years old, speaks Spanish or Mixtec, and works all day in the blast-furnace desert heat.
adjectiveˈmēstek Relating to the Mixtec or their language. (与)米斯特克人(有关)的;(与)米斯特克语(有关)的 Example sentencesExamples - As with the Nahua-speaking Aztecs of central Mexico during the same era, a three-stage scheme of language change seems to fit the Mixtec case.
- Terraciano has a number of distinguished predecessors, among them Ronald Spores, who threw light on many aspects of prehispanic, colonial, and modern Mixtec affairs.
- Terraciano rightly points to the ways in which Christian formulas in Mixtec testaments can mask a most unorthodox Christianity.
- She came to Oregon from her Mixtec community in Oaxaca, Mexico, in 1987, following her husband, who was legalized that same year.
- The region was dominated by confederacies of Mixtec and Zapotec royal families, who constantly expanded their control through marriage alliances.
OriginSpanish, from Nahuatl mixtecah ‘person from a cloudy place’. |