Usually means: Ancient Mesoamerican civilization; created colossal heads.
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  1. Olmecs: Merriam-Webster
  2. Olmecs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Olmecs: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. Olmec's, Olmecs: Wordnik
  6. Olmecs: Wiktionary
  7. Olmecs: Dictionary.com
  8. Olmecs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Olmecs)

noun:  The Olmecs or Olmec were the earliest known major Mesoamerican civilization, flourishing in the modern-day Mexican states of Veracruz and Tabasco from roughly 1200 to 400 BCE during Mesoamerica's formative period.


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