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OLMEC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Olmec mean?
• OLMEC (noun)
The noun OLMEC has 1 sense:
1. a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
Familiarity information: OLMEC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Olmec" is a kind of...):
Amerindian; Native American (any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived)
Holonyms ("Olmec" is a member of...):
federation of tribes; tribe (a federation (as of American Indians))
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