Cloud People

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Cloud People is an English rendering of the ethnonym for the Zapotec, an Indigenous Mesoamerican people historically centered in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Cloud People canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnonym
appliedTo Zapotec communities in Oaxaca
linked to: Zapotec people

Zapotec diaspora communities
associatedContinent North America
associatedCountry Canada
Mexico
Other countries with Zapotec diaspora
Spain
United States
associatedModernState State of Chiapas
State of Guerrero
State of Oaxaca
State of Puebla
State of Veracruz
linked to: Veracruz
associatedRegion Oaxaca
associatedWith Indigenous rights movements in Mexico
Mesoamerica
Oaxaca Valley urban centers
associatedWithArchaeologicalSite Lambityeco
Mitla
Monte Albán
Yagul
associatedWithTimePeriod Classic period of Mesoamerica
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
Pre-Columbian era
culturalContext Indigenous peoples of Mexico
Mesoamerican civilizations
denotes an Indigenous Mesoamerican people
ethnonymAppliesTo Zapotec ethnic group
ethnonymMeaning people of the clouds
hasCulturalPractice maize agriculture
terrace farming
traditional pottery
traditional weaving
hasCulturalRegion Isthmus region of Oaxaca
Oaxacan coastal regions
Oaxacan highlands
linked to: Oaxaca highlands
hasEthnicGroup Zapotec people
hasLanguage Zapotec languages
linked to: Zapotecan languages
hasLanguageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
hasPopulationType Indigenous ethnic group
hasWritingSystem Zapotec script
historicalCenter Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Oaxaca Valley
languageOfOrigin English
refersTo Zapotec people
religiousTradition Zapotec religion
usedAsNameFor Zapotec civilization

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Zapotec meaningOfEthnonym Cloud People