Olmec
/ˈɒlmek/noun
(复同单, 或Olmecs)
1
- a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting the coast of Veracruz and western Tabasco on the Gulf of Mexico (c.1200-400 BC ), who established what was probably the first developed civilization of Meso-America奥尔梅克人(约公元前1200-400年居住在墨西哥湾维拉克鲁斯和塔巴斯科西部海岸的史前人类, 创建了可能是最早发展的中美洲文明)。
2
- a native people living in the same general area during the 15th and 16th centuries(15和16世纪居住于同一地区的)奥尔梅克人。
词源
from Nahuatl Olmecatl, (plural) Olmeca, literally 'inhabitants of the rubber country'.