Mayan

(yən, mīən)

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

See Mayan in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A Maya.
  2. A linguistic stock of Central America that includes Quiché and Yucatec.
adjective
Of or relating to the Mayas, their culture, or the Mayan linguistic stock.

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