An ancient city, now in ruins, in Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Occupied from the 8th century BC, it was a centre of the Zapotec culture from about the 1st century BC to the 8th century AD.
Definition of Monte Albán in US English:
Monte Albán
proper nounˌmôntā älˈbän
An ancient city, now in ruins, in Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Occupied from the 8th century BC, it was a center of the Zapotec culture from about the 1st century BC to the 8th century AD.