mayan
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Noun (2)
- 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“Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar”Synonyms: Maya
- a family of American Indian languages spoken by MayaSynonyms: MayaMayan language
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Mayan \Ma"yan\ (m[aum]"yan), a.
1.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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.Of or pertaining to the Mayas. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Mayan arch