mayan

Adjective, Noun

Ma=yan

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mayan(n = noun.person) maya - 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

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

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

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

mayan, a.

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.]
Of or pertaining to the Mayas. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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