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Zapatista

Syllables: Za·pa·tis·taUK/ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/US/ˌzæ.pəˈtis.tə/

Zapatista adjective: of or relating to Zapatismo.

Adjective

Zapatista (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Zapatismo.
  2. Of or relating to the Zapatistas.

Noun

Zapatista (plural Zapatistas)

  1. (historical) A member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution.
  2. A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous leftist group that formed in the jungles of Chiapas in 1983 and coordinated an uprising on January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA took effect.

Forms of Zapatista

Adjective
alternative formZapatist
Noun
pluralZapatistas

Origin of Zapatista

Borrowed from Spanish zapatista.

Words that rhyme with Zapatista

Questions about Zapatista

What does Zapatista mean?
Zapatista means of or relating to Zapatismo.
What part of speech is Zapatista?
Zapatista can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Zapatista?
Zapatista is pronounced /ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/ (UK).

Words near Zapatista in the dictionary

  1. zapatera
  2. zapateras
  3. Zapatism
  4. Zapatismo
  5. Zapatist
  6. Zapatista
  7. Zapatistas
  8. Zapatists
  9. Zapf
  10. Zapfs
  11. zaphara

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