Mayan
of or relating to the Maya, their culture, or their languages.
a member of the Mayan tribe.
a group of languages spoken by the Mayas in southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize, including Yucatec, Quiché, and Huastec.
Origin of Mayan
1Other words from Mayan
- pseudo-Mayan, adjective, noun
Words Nearby Mayan
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How to use Mayan in a sentence
Los Angeles was wonderfully exotic; a polyglot mix of Aztec, Incan, Mayan and New World scents and sounds.
While chipping away plaster from his kitchen wall, the Guatemalan man unearthed a series of centuries-old Mayan murals.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance | The Daily Beast | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne depicts a procession of figures wearing both Mayan and Spanish garb, some holding what appear to be human hearts.
7 Historically Significant Artifacts Rescued by Happenstance | The Daily Beast | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the largest sites of pre-Columbian Mayan ruins, Tikal was once one of the most important cities in the Mayan world.
There Are Bugs in Your Coffee and Other Things I Learned in Antigua, Guatemala | William O’Connor | January 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTParadise Island is now home to Vegas-style casino resorts and the Aquaventure Waterpark, with its mammoth Mayan Temple waterslide.
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Yucatan is covered with interesting ruins, the remains of different branches of the mighty Mayan race.
Mexico | Susan HaleSuch are the monuments of the Mayan people, of whom not many facts are to be disentangled from the early legends.
Mexico | Susan HaleAguilar, the interpreter, knew Mayan, but not one word did he understand of the Aztec dialect now spoken.
Mexico | Susan HaleThe cross occurs frequently, not only in the Mayan sculptures, but also in the ceremonial of the Aztecs.
The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West | Robert E. AndersonPassing from the traces of Aztec and Mayan civilization, we may now glance at the antiquities of the Colombian states.
The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West | Robert E. Anderson
British Dictionary definitions for Mayan
/ (ˈmaɪən) /
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Maya or any of their languages
a family of Central American Indian languages, including Maya, possibly a member of the Penutian phylum
another name for a Maya 2
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