First Known Use: 1880
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Olmec
noun Ol·mec \ˈäl-ˌmek, ˈōl-\
Definition of OLMEC
: an ancient people of the southern east coast of Mexico who flourished about 1200 to 400 British Columbia
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Origin of OLMEC
Nahuatl Ōlmēcah, a coastal people in Aztec history, from Ōlmān, their homeland, probably from ōlli rubber
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