Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Maya.
- noun A linguistic stock of Central America that includes Quiché and Yucatec.
- adjective Of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or the Mayan linguistic stock.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
- noun A linguistic family of North America including numerous languages spoken in southern Mexico and Central America.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of El Salvador. See 2nd
maya . - adjective Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to the
Maya people ofCentral America . - noun A Maya
- noun A Mayan
language
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy
- noun a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
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Examples
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Visitors today do not see the site as it looked in Mayan times.
Did You Know? Mayan pyramid in Tabasco, Mexico, has possible Roman links 2008
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Landa's "ABC" alphabet actually consisted of the Maya signs for syllables in Mayan, not letters of an alphabet.
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This mysterious statement, which Brotherston translates as "Thirteen units plus seven units equals one," describes in Mayan terms both the beginning of time and the creation of the human race.
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This mysterious statement, which Brotherston translates as "Thirteen units plus seven units equals one," describes in Mayan terms both the beginning of time and the creation of the human race.
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Visitors today do not see the site as it looked in Mayan times.
Did You Know? Mayan pyramid in Tabasco, Mexico, has possible Roman links 2008
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Landa's "ABC" alphabet actually consisted of the Maya signs for syllables in Mayan, not letters of an alphabet.
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Older folks sit on one of the many cool, stone benches chatting softly in Mayan and keeping a sharp eye on the scene.
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Older folks sit on one of the many cool, stone benches chatting softly in Mayan and keeping a sharp eye on the scene.
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Jade is considered an important elite good because of its frequent appearance in Mayan rulers 'tombs.
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Jade is considered an important elite good because of its frequent appearance in Mayan rulers 'tombs.
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