Olmec

English

Etymology

From Nahuatl, meaning rubber lineage (compare Nahuatl olli (“rubber”)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What ethnonym?”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɒlmɛk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊlmɛk/

Noun

Olmec (plural Olmecs or Olmec)

1. A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.

Derived terms

• Olmecoid

Translations

member of an ancient pre-Columbian people

• Catalan: olmeca m or f
• Finnish: olmeekki (fi)
• Hungarian: olmék
• Marathi: ओल्मेक (olmek)
• Spanish: olmeca m or f

Anagrams

• celom, clome