About The Word Mayan
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Mayan
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What's The Definition Of Mayan?
[n] a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayan peoples
[n] a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who once had a culture characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy Synonyms | Synonyms for Mayan: Maya | Maya | Mayan language Related Terms | Find terms related to Mayan: See Also | American Indian | American Indian | American-Indian language | Amerind | Amerindian language | Cakchiquel | Cakchiquel | federation of tribes | Indian | Indian | Kekchi | Kekchi | Mam | Mam | North American Indian | Quiche | Quiche | Red Indian | tribe | Yucatec | Yucatec | Yucateco | Yucateco Mayan In Webster's Dictionary \Ma"yan\, a.
1. Designating, or pertaining to, an American Indian
linguistic stock occupying the Mexican States of Veracruz,
Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, and Yucatan, together with a
part of Guatemala and a part of Salvador. The Mayan
peoples are dark, short, and brachycephallic, and at the
time of the discovery had attained a higher grade of
culture than any other American people. They cultivated a
variety of crops, were expert in the manufacture and
dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of
exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper.
Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples
and places, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a
developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records
said to go back to about 700 a. d.
2. Of or pertaining to the Mayas.
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