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Mayan

Mayan Meaning & Definition
Mayan Definition And Meaning

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

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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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