Maya
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Maya (mä′yə, mī′ə)
noun
- pl. Maya -·ya or Mayas -·yas a member of an American Indian people found in Yucatán, Belize, and N Guatemala: the Maya had a highly developed civilization long before the arrival of Europeans early in the 16th cent.
- the Mayan language of this people
Etymology: Sp < native name
adjective
of the Maya or their language or culture; Mayan
Maya2 definition
Maya (mä′yä′)
noun
- Hinduism the goddess Devi, or Shakti, consort of Siva
- in Hinduism and Indian philosophy, the illusory world of the senses
Etymology: Sans māyā
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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