Mayan Definition

mäyən
noun
A member of any of the Indian peoples that speak a Mayan language.
Webster's New World
A Maya.
Wiktionary
A linguistic stock of Central America that includes Quiché and Yucatec.
American Heritage
The Mayan family of languages.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • maya
  • Mayan language
adjective
Designating or of an American Indian language family of Central America, consisting of about 25 languages, including Maya, Huastec, and Yucatec.
Webster's New World

Maya.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Mayan

Noun

Singular:
Mayan
Plural:
mayans

Mayan Sentence Examples

  • It is significant that Mayan civilization cannot be traced in any other part of Nicaragua or Costa Rica.

  • It is strange that there is not a single place-name in Salvador either of Mayan origin, or, as it seems, of Chorotegan origin.

  • The easternmost limit of prehistoric Mayan civilization, on the Pacific coast of Central America, is Fonseca Bay, with the island of Zacate Grande.

  • This period coincides roughly with the peak of the Mayan civilization.

  • Even in Mexican and Mayan sculptures the gods are arrayed in gorgeous breech-clouts.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAY

Words Ending With

NANYAN

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Mayan

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