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Mayan definition

Ma·yan (mä′yən, mī′ən)

adjective

  1. designating or of an American Indian language family of Central America, consisting of about 25 languages, including Maya, Huastec, and Yucatec
  2. Maya ()

noun

  1. a member of any of the Indian peoples that speak a Mayan language
  2. the Mayan family of languages

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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