ALL meanings of olmec
Ol·mec
O o - noun olmec A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco. 1
- adjective olmec of or designating a Mesoamerican civilization, c1000–400 b.c., along the southern Gulf coast of Mexico, characterized by extensive agriculture, a dating system, long-distance trade networks, pyramids and ceremonial centers, and very fine jade work. 1
- noun plural olmec a member of the ancient people who belonged to the Olmec civilization. 1
- noun olmec a member of an ancient Central American Indian people who inhabited the southern Gulf Coast of Mexico and flourished between about 1200 and 400 bc 0
- adjective olmec of or relating to these people or their civilization or culture 0
- noun olmec a member of an ancient American Indian people centered in what are now the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz 0
- adjective olmec of the culture of this people, characterized by a highly developed system of agriculture, jade carvings, and sculpture in the form of giant heads 0