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There is no one definitive answer to this question. Some possible origins for the name 'Gapatla' include the Zapotec word 'gapatl' meaning 'to sew,' the Nahuatl word 'gapatl' meaning 'a kind of cloth,' and the Mixtec word 'gapatl' meaning 'a kind of cloth.' Other possible origins include the Spanish word 'gapa' meaning 'a gap' or 'a notch,' and the Zapotec word 'patl' meaning 'a mat.'






