Zapatista

== English == === Alternative forms === Zapatist === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish zapatista. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌzæ.pəˈtis.tə/, /sæ-/ Rhymes: -iːstə Hyphenation: Za‧pa‧tis‧ta === Adjective === Zapatista (not comparable) Of or relating to Zapatismo. Of or relating to the Zapatistas. === Noun === Zapatista (plural Zapatistas) (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. 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. ==== Related terms ==== === See also === ELS EZLN === Further reading === “Zapatista”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Zapatista, n. & adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.