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Maya

Noun

ma=ya

WORDNET DICTIONARY

maya(n = noun.person) mayan - 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"

is a member of federation of tribes, tribe

is a kind of american indian, indian, red indian

has particulars: cakchiquel, kekchi, mam, quiche, yucatec, yucateco

maya(n = noun.communication) mayan, mayan language - a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya; Array

is a kind of american-indian language, american indian, amerind, amerindian language, indian

has particulars: kekchi, mam, yucatec, yucateco, quiche, cakchiquel

Maya, n.

The name (in Vedantic philosphy) for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion. [1913 Webster]
the Hindu goddess personifying the power that creates phenomena. [PJC]
the power to produce illusions. [PJC]

Maya, prop. n.

the Indian people occupying the area of Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Maya peoples are dark, short, and brachycephalic, and at the time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of culture than any other American people. They cultivated a variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper. Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and palaces, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about 700 a. d. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
the language of the Mayas. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Maya, n.
1 (pl. same or Mayas) a member of an ancient Indian people of Central America.
2 the language of this people.

Derivative

Mayan adj. & n.

Etymology

native name

Maya, n. Hinduism a marvel or illusion, esp. in the phenomenal universe.

Etymology

Skr. maya

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