name
Meaning 1
The Yucatec Maya language.
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Standard Lemma guide
Maya
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈmaɪə/
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rhymes with -aɪə
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CMU ARPABET: M AY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
Any of the other various Mayan languages.
Quiché.
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name
Meaning 3
Any of the other various Mayan languages.
Mam.
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name
Meaning 4
Any of the other various Mayan languages.
Tzotzil.
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name
Meaning 5
A female given name
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name
Meaning 6
A female given name
A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Maria, equivalent to English Mary
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name
Meaning 7
A female given name
A female given name from Latin, variant of Maia, equivalent to English May
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name
Meaning 8
A female given name
A female given name from Greek
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name
Meaning 9
In Sanskrit, illusion and the power that creates it; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").
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name
Meaning 10
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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name
Meaning 11
The mother of Gautama Buddha.
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Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 12
A member or descendant of various peoples:
a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
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noun
Meaning 13
A member or descendant of various peoples:
various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain
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noun
Meaning 14
A member or descendant of various peoples:
various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras
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noun
Meaning 15
A member or descendant of various peoples:
a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward
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noun
Meaning 16
Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
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Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: Hindu mythology
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noun
Meaning 17
The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.
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Usage: Hinduism, uncountable
Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
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noun
Meaning 18
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mayan, Mayan language
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Broader terms: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian
Narrower terms: Kekchi, Mam, Yucatec, Yucateco, Quiche, Cakchiquel
noun
Meaning 19
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mayan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
Narrower terms: Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Quiche, Yucatec, Yucateco
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”) or Yucatec Maya maaya, a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”).
* From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, * From Maia, from Latin, from Ancient Greek Μαῖα (Maîa)
Transliteration of Sanskrit माया (māyā).
Transliteration of Sanskrit माया (māyā́) or Pali Māyā.
Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā).
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: maia — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 瑪雅語 /玛雅语 (Mǎyǎyǔ) — language
- Finnish: mayakieli — language
- Hindi: माया (māyā) — language
- Marathi: माया (māyā) — language
- Persian: مایا (mâyâ) — language
- Portuguese: maia — language
- Portuguese: iucateque — language
- Russian: ма́йя (májja) — language
- Spanish: maya — language
- Turkish: Mayaca — language
- Yucatec Maya: maayatʼaan — language
- Finnish: Maija — name
- Hebrew: מַאיָה (máya) — name
- Hindi: माया (māyā) — name
- Hungarian: Maja — name
- Marathi: माया (māyā) — name
- Polish: Maja — name
- Russian: Ма́йя (Májja) — name
- Tamil: மாயா (māyā) — name
- Ukrainian: Майя (Majja) — name
- Tamil: மாயை (māyai) — illusion
- Burmese: မယ်တော်မာယာ (maitaumaya) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Burmese: မာယာ (maya) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Chinese Mandarin: 摩耶夫人 — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Hindi: माया (māyā) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Khmer: ព្រះនាងមាយា (prĕəhniəngmiəyiə) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Sinhalese: මායා දේවිය (māyā dēwiya) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Tamil: மாயா (māyā) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Tamil: மாயாதேவி (māyātēvi) — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Thai: พระนางสิริมหามายา — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Vietnamese: Hoàng hậu Maya — mother of Gautama Buddha
- Catalan: maia — person
- Chinese Mandarin: 瑪雅人 /玛雅人 (Mǎyǎ rén) — person
- Esperanto: majao — person
- Finnish: maya — person
- German: Maja — person
- German: Maya — person
- Hindi: माया (māyā) — person
- Odia: ମୟ (maya) — person
- Odia: ମାୟା (māyā) — person
- Portuguese: maia — person
- Russian: ма́йя (májja) — person
- Spanish: maya — person
- Yucatec Maya: maaya — person
- Yucatec Maya: maaya wíinik — person
- Finnish: mayakulttuuri — civilization
- German: Majakultur — civilization
- German: Mayakultur — civilization
- Hindi: माया (māyā) — civilization
- Odia: ମୟ (maya) — civilization
- Odia: ମାୟା (māyā) — civilization
- Russian: ма́йя (májja) — civilization