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adj
Of or relating to the Maya people of Central America and southeastern Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
The language of the Maya people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
An age from 502 to 501 ± 2.0 million years ago, a subdivision of the Cambrian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
A Maya person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Maya, 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
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
Synonyms: Maya
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Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
Narrower terms: Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Quiche, Yucatec, Yucateco
History
Etymology tree English Maya Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Mayan From Maya + -an.
Across languages
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