ZAPATA

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• ZAPATA (noun)
  The noun ZAPATA has 1 sense:

1. Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)

  Familiarity information: ZAPATA used as a noun is very rare.

• ZAPATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Emiliano Zapata; Zapata

Instance hypernyms:

revolutionary; revolutionist; subversive; subverter (a radical supporter of political or social revolution)

 Context examples 

This was Zapata's second attempt to cross the Channel on the Flyboard Air.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

Strong winds over the Channel presented difficulty during the crossing, Zapata said, adding it required much endurance to manage to stay airborne.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

Franky Zapata also invented the original Flyboard, which is propelled by jets of water drawn up by a hose, unlike the Flyboard Air, which uses jets of air.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

On July 25, which was the 110th anniversary of the first plane flight across the Channel by pilot Louis Blériot, Zapata fell into the water after a low-speed collision with the resupply boat.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

Zapata flew across the water at over 100 mph (161 km/h).

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

On 4 August 2019, French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crossed the English Channel on a jet-powered freeflight flying device propelled by turbines and attached to his feet, called Flyboard Air.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)

Zapata also made one landing on a boat mid-channel to refill the kerosene fuel in his backpack, a process Zapata described as being tricky because the boat could not be kept still in the moving waters of the Channel.

(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)