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The name olmec means

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The rubber people

Overview: The Olmec lived along the Gulf Coast of Mexico in the modern-day Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz. ... The name Olmec is an Aztec word meaning the rubber people; the Olmec made and traded rubber throughout Mesoamerica.

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Does this name mean “rubber people” in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec
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