Mayan

Ma•yan adj.

Anthropology, Archaeologyof or pertaining to the Maya, their culture, or their languages.

a member of the Mayan tribe.
a group of languages spoken by the Mayas in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, including Yucatec, Quiché, and Huastec.

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Mayan /ˈmaɪən/ adj

a family of Central American languages, including Maya, possibly a member of the Penutian phylum
another name for a Maya²

ma•ya n. [Hinduism.]

Eastern Religionsthe power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
Eastern Religionsthe production of an illusion.
Eastern Religions(in Vedantic philosophy) the illusion of the reality of sensory experience and of the experienced qualities and attributes of oneself.
Eastern Religions(cap.) Also called Mahamaya. a goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena.

ma′yan, adj.

Ma•ya n., pl. -yas, (esp. collectively) -ya, adj.
n.

Anthropology, Archaeologya member of a major pre-Columbian civilization of the Yucatán Peninsula that reached its peak in the 9th centurya.d.and produced magnificent ceremonial cities with pyramids, a sophisticated mathematical and calendar system, hieroglyphic writing, and fine sculpture, painting, and ceramics.
Anthropologya member of a modern American Indian people of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and parts of Honduras who are the descendants of this ancient civilization.
Anthropologyany of the Mayan languages;
the historical and modern languages of the Mayas.

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